Perfectionism might be a silent killer of growth. Your failures tell you a lot of things, and might be better for you in the long-term to self-actualize.
The one field I have experienced a need to aspire for perfection is in fine dining. Other areas of hospitality merely demand quality service, consistency, and continuous improvement.
I believe the idea that we've finally arrived is certainly dangerous for the organization.
That said, some folks are happy to close up shop after they've reached their retirement amount.
I do not know if the Sam Waltons exist anymore. One thing I do know is if you can find one, don't leave their tutelage.
I can attest to mindset influencing our ability with a very odd (but true) story.
Many years ago, my daughter and I went bowling with my sister and her family. I'm not good at sports, have rarely gone bowling, and did not expect to do well.
All went as expected with my brother-in-law getting the best scores (my sister isn't sporty either and the kids were all too young to be much competition).
Then suddenly I got a strike. Then another. Then another. It carried on until I got around seven strikes in a row. Everyone (including me) was astounded.
I have no idea what happened, and it's never happened since, but something definitely happened.
This post had wonderful timing for events in my life. I have a huge mountain of status quo mindset to mount to shift the paradigm and produce positive outcomes in my oppressed rural county. I have my freedom of speech suppressed all the time, I get shut down when I make suggestions to discuss actions we can achieve rather than rehashing the issues we are already painfully aware of! I have been told to leave when I assert my right to at least speak without being interrupted in order to convey my concept! Getting thrown out because you have rational and proven effective models and approaches that you would like to be considered and hopefully implemented is completely nuts! That is the issue I wasn't prepared for in my community building activism, the prevalence of disordered thinking is overwhelming! The levels of defensiveness, of denial, of dismissiveness - are incredible. It is sobering, it is depressing! Being faced with horrible metrics in all pillars of society, to see the status quo of those involved with authority to decide and to act is to choose to ignore them, make excuses for them, and dismiss those whom want to properly address them and improve outcomes of those suffering is a test of ones faith in people. Your post described a mindset and terminilogy that I was unfamiliar with, and it described the tenacity that I have been mustering up since I began doing this work 6 months ago. Thank you for sharing insights. Please continue to share ways to get through hardships. Bless you guys.
Perfectionism might be a silent killer of growth. Your failures tell you a lot of things, and might be better for you in the long-term to self-actualize.
Morning Robert,
The one field I have experienced a need to aspire for perfection is in fine dining. Other areas of hospitality merely demand quality service, consistency, and continuous improvement.
I believe the idea that we've finally arrived is certainly dangerous for the organization.
That said, some folks are happy to close up shop after they've reached their retirement amount.
I do not know if the Sam Waltons exist anymore. One thing I do know is if you can find one, don't leave their tutelage.
Thank you for your time.
-Joe
I can attest to mindset influencing our ability with a very odd (but true) story.
Many years ago, my daughter and I went bowling with my sister and her family. I'm not good at sports, have rarely gone bowling, and did not expect to do well.
All went as expected with my brother-in-law getting the best scores (my sister isn't sporty either and the kids were all too young to be much competition).
Then suddenly I got a strike. Then another. Then another. It carried on until I got around seven strikes in a row. Everyone (including me) was astounded.
I have no idea what happened, and it's never happened since, but something definitely happened.
Do you think the people described in the post can ever turn it off outside of their performance domain?
This post had wonderful timing for events in my life. I have a huge mountain of status quo mindset to mount to shift the paradigm and produce positive outcomes in my oppressed rural county. I have my freedom of speech suppressed all the time, I get shut down when I make suggestions to discuss actions we can achieve rather than rehashing the issues we are already painfully aware of! I have been told to leave when I assert my right to at least speak without being interrupted in order to convey my concept! Getting thrown out because you have rational and proven effective models and approaches that you would like to be considered and hopefully implemented is completely nuts! That is the issue I wasn't prepared for in my community building activism, the prevalence of disordered thinking is overwhelming! The levels of defensiveness, of denial, of dismissiveness - are incredible. It is sobering, it is depressing! Being faced with horrible metrics in all pillars of society, to see the status quo of those involved with authority to decide and to act is to choose to ignore them, make excuses for them, and dismiss those whom want to properly address them and improve outcomes of those suffering is a test of ones faith in people. Your post described a mindset and terminilogy that I was unfamiliar with, and it described the tenacity that I have been mustering up since I began doing this work 6 months ago. Thank you for sharing insights. Please continue to share ways to get through hardships. Bless you guys.
Good morning,
Interesting post today.
I believe that when you put in the reps, do your homework, due diligence, etc.... you should have confidence.
I have too have experienced just luck (Collins and Lazier. 1992). The harder I work the luckier I get.
Be warned of hubris though. This is the first step in the Doom Loop (Collins and Hansen. 2009.
Ultimately, all we can do is work hard at our jobs, while fighting like hell to keep them.
Thank you for your time.