Just Hit "Send": Four Steps to Getting Past Perfection

We found this article by Communication Coach, Beth Buelow, on the small business networking site, www.biznik.com. We know how easy it is to become mired in our own perfectionism and we love how Buelow calls us to take deliberate action, rather than waiting around for everything to become "perfect". Here's an excerpt:

"Every once in a while, someone’s Facebook status strikes me as profound. This happened a few weeks ago, when my friend Robin wrote “Just hit ‘send.’” She was writing a paper for her doctoral seminary program, and like me, she has an “A+ student” streak and wanted the paper to be perfect before send-off.

Her short update has become one of my new mantras. In addition to being a great companion to my other mantra, “better done than perfect,” it also reminds me of my Virtuoso Gremlin. Virtuoso is a hold-over from my years of training as a classical musician, when perfection was the only acceptable standard. It tries to tell me that unless something’s perfect, it’s not ready for the public. After all, no one’s going to buy a CD with wrong notes." (read full article)