Perfection paralysis

 

Perfection can be said as an illusion. It is never fully achievable. People strive to become perfect at things that they love. They try so hard and the process continues. It is like infinity, there is no identified boundary. We tend to go forward hoping to achieve perfection. But the journey pays some meaningful dividends. The reason we build teams is to execute our plans perfectly. It is to an extent, could be done by defining a boundary or target. But without the boundary, it may sometimes turn into frustration.

 Frustration comes in the way of rescheduling. Often people without a clearly defined goal stumble to arrive at a destination. Even at the time of shipping, they try to make the product perfect. They thrash multiple times and let every time the schedule go away. This is an ultimate sign of poor leadership. By doing this, there are no actual benefits. It often results in dry motivation. Employees loose enthusiasm and the momentum reverse. Sometimes products or services going through thrashing never comes out. They just stay on the shelf forever.

A good leader can minimize this perfection illusion and keep the thrashing at bay.  In the long term, it brings a lot of profit.

Winston Churchill was right when he said “perfection can also be spelled as paralysis”.