"Why Trying to Be Perfect Won’t Help You Achieve Your Goals"
On the first day of class, Jerry Uelsmann, a professor at the University of Florida, divided his film photography students into two groups ...
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On the first day of class, Jerry Uelsmann, a professor at the University of Florida, divided his film photography students into two groups ...
If you're a perfectionist person, you have to read this thread: 🧵👇
Everyone on the left side of the classroom, he explained, would be in the “quantity” group.
They would be graded solely on the amount of work they produced.
They would be graded solely on the amount of work they produced.
On the final day of class, he would tally the number of photos submitted by each student.
One hundred photos would rate an A, ninety photos a B, eighty photos a C, and so on.
One hundred photos would rate an A, ninety photos a B, eighty photos a C, and so on.
Meanwhile, everyone on the right side of the room would be in the “quality” group.
They would be graded only on the excellence of their work.
They would only need to produce one photo during the semester, but to get an A, it had to be a nearly perfect image.
They would be graded only on the excellence of their work.
They would only need to produce one photo during the semester, but to get an A, it had to be a nearly perfect image.
At the end of the term, he was surprised to find that all the best photos were produced by the quantity group!
During the semester, these students in the process of creating hundreds of photos, they honed their skills.
During the semester, these students in the process of creating hundreds of photos, they honed their skills.
It is easy to get bogged down trying to find the optimal plan for change: the fastest way to lose weight, the best program to build muscle, the perfect idea for a side hustle.
We are so focused on figuring out the best approach that we never get around to taking action.
We are so focused on figuring out the best approach that we never get around to taking action.
And it works the same way with almost any goal you could have…
Art.
If you want to be a great photographer, you could go on a quest to take one perfect photo each day.
Or you could take 100 photos per day, learn from your mistakes, and hone your craft.
Art.
If you want to be a great photographer, you could go on a quest to take one perfect photo each day.
Or you could take 100 photos per day, learn from your mistakes, and hone your craft.
Strength.
If you want to be stronger, you could analyze every movement and phase of your technique until you're blue in the face.
Or, you could get under the bar, learn from your mistakes, and focus on doing more reps.
If you want to be stronger, you could analyze every movement and phase of your technique until you're blue in the face.
Or, you could get under the bar, learn from your mistakes, and focus on doing more reps.
Writing.
If you want to write a best-selling book, then you could spend 10 years trying to write one perfect book.
Or, you could write one book each year, learn from your mistakes, and trust that your books will get better each time.
If you want to write a best-selling book, then you could spend 10 years trying to write one perfect book.
Or, you could write one book each year, learn from your mistakes, and trust that your books will get better each time.
Business.
If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you could scheme and think and try to plan out the perfect business idea.
Or, you could try to get one customer, learn from your mistakes, and experiment with new ideas until something comes easily.
If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you could scheme and think and try to plan out the perfect business idea.
Or, you could try to get one customer, learn from your mistakes, and experiment with new ideas until something comes easily.
It's not the quest to achieve one perfect goal that makes you better, it's the skills you develop from doing a volume of work.
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