One day at a time is good for you (John Lennon)

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Number 54 on Thomas Oppong's list of 100 habits for a great life is this:

Replace perfect with good enough. Instead of waiting for an ideal outcome, focus on making progress daily. One action at a time is how you make progress.

And, you know what? I think he's right.

It will be L7 and I'd never get to heaven if I filled my head with glue (Macca)

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When you’re trying to make it perfect, trying to make it exactly what you want it to be, then it’s time to drop it into the pool - Joan Baez.

Joan was talking about drawing, but she might as well be talking about management. Perfect is tough to pursue, although some micro managers might want to argue with her.

Joan goes beyond that idea though and indicates that it's not even something worthy of pursuit, that you shouldn't even desire perfection.

Some of my favourite moments in songs are when there's a mistake - the mic cuts out or an intro is fluffed (Paul McCartney has made this an artform - was that the intro? I should have been in).

When you manage or lead, it is a given that you'll make (very public) mistakes.

So, lean into them!