Dance of a Beautiful Woman

How many things in your life go undone because they are not yet perfect in your mind? This is something I have personally struggled with, however, I am deliberately choosing not to be afflicted with this dream killer any longer. I consciously make choices to get to the action and out of creating the “perfect” plan. In most cases a project cannot be perfect until it is tested and tweaked anyway.

We all have AHA! moments in our life and some of us even act on them. It is possible that you are unaware of how waiting until you get it “right” or “perfect” before you begin is keeping you from being more productive.? Think about it, we all have the same amount of time. Why do some people just get so much done than others? Perhaps they put more effort in action activities rather than planning activities, they intuitively know when a plan is ready to be tried and they aren’t tied up in planning to plan to plan etc.

I am not saying that you should not plan. Planning is essential to success. However, getting your plan into action is the best way to get it closer to the “perfection” many of us feel compelled to create. You have to test it out and then make modifications. No plan survives contact with it’s intended audience completely intact.

With this in mind, I am sharing Allison Maslan’s article on the topic with you. I found it to be quite timely for myself and I hope it will set you on a path to being more productive as well! I especially love what she says about missing out on the “juiciness” of your life. Gosh, you don’t want that to happen!

Is Your Strive For Perfection Choking You? By Allison Maslan

Are you living your life to the fullest at this moment in time? Do you have the life that you have always dreamed of? If so, congratulations! Meditate a few moments each day on the goodness that you have experienced from your great fortune. If your answer is no, it is never too late to start. So many of my coaching clients tell me they don’t reach their goals because they want everything perfect before they move forward.
They are striving for perfection and it is killing them. They want a perfectly clean house, to say the perfect words and to do perfect work at all times. What is the point of “perfect” anyway? Pressure filled expectations are a sure way to turn any goal into a ball and chain. Many people resist attempting new challenges or setting new goals because they are afraid they will not perform to their ridiculous level of expectation.
As a result, they give up before they ever begin. Then the feelings of disappointment and failure set in. I started taking modern dance in my 30s. The room was full of young women and men that had been dancing since childhood. My mind was aghast as the dance instructor got in front of the class and proceeded to dance several eloquent steps that we were supposed to immediately mirror. I knew I was in trouble as the class was spinning one way and I was tripping the other way (Picture I Love Lucy and the Rockettes).
Through this experience, I learned to laugh at myself and let go of the notion of doing it perfectly. It was not possible for me to keep up with these experts; and attempting to do so was way too much pressure. Once the light bulb came on that I could do something for the fun of it, I relaxed about the outcome. And wouldn’t you know it, I was able to perform in several dance presentations and I had a blast.
If you are not putting yourself out there, reaching toward what you really want because you are afraid of not being perfect, you are missing out on the juiciness of your life. It is the non-perfect part that will be most memorable and uniquely you.
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Allison Maslan, HHP, CCH is a homeopathic physician and the author of Blast Off! The Surefire Success Plan To Launch Your Dreams Into Reality. As a life and business coach, she helps people create a new business and the best chapter of their lives.
The exciting launch of her book, Blast Off! The Surefire Success Plan To Launch Your Dreams Into Reality is coming Tuesday, January 19. To find out how you can buy the book and receive more than 20 beautiful mind-body-spirit gifts during the launch, go to www.myblastoff.com/booklaunch.

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