First Quarter 2015- Issue 19<\/p>\n
Note from Coach Mario-\u00a0 At the End of the Day-\u00a0 “The Cost of Perfection”<\/p>\n
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“Be the Best You Can Be!”\u00a0 This does not mean being perfect because Perfection does not equal Excellence.\u00a0 This also does not mean that quality is being compromised either.\u00a0 As a transformational leader, one still has to be results-minded.\u00a0 However, how you get the result is more important \u00a0than just getting the result.\u00a0 Sustained performance over time is achieved through Performance Excellence NOT Perfect Performance.\u00a0 Let’s explore this distinction:<\/p>\n
Definition of Excellence:\u00a0 When performance is exceptionally good with extremely high quality, superiority and extreme merit.<\/p>\n
Definition of Perfection:\u00a0 When performance cannot be improved it is flawless or free from fault or defect.<\/p>\n
On the surface these terms sound familiar.\u00a0 However, underneath the surface there is a toll taking place on the perfectionist.\u00a0 It starts with never being satisfied.\u00a0 As author Jim Conway writes, “If you can’t accept any good things that people say of you, then even if you do great things your accomplishments will not satisfy that insatiable, gulping appetite of perfectionism.”\u00a0 This can set the stage for significant dissatisfaction within one’s self and from those around one.\u00a0 Conway continues, “Tragically, perfectionists think other people will like them better for their perfection.\u00a0 But truthfully, it is just the opposite.\u00a0 People like to be around flexible, tolerant, imperfect people– like themselves.\u00a0 Perfect people frighten them and cause them to withdraw.”<\/p>\n
The cost of perfection include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n
Getting mired in the details of perfection can cause one to miss opportunities that excellent performance can see and seize.\u00a0 Excellent performance is one where the goal or end state is always the main point and in clear sight.\u00a0 Perfectionism can get one so focused on details, maybe even distractions of key resources (where costs may even exceed the benefits), which may only indirectly relate to the desired end state and quite likely, may completely miss the main point.\u00a0 When you relate stress levels to perfection and then to excellence, one is more likely to achieve and even exceed one’s goals or targeted expectations by being in a state of flow where performance excellence emanates from the fulfillment of the work being done with more good stress than bad stress being produced.\u00a0 Focusing on forcing<\/em> every detail to be perfect can drive the bad stress up, undermining the joy of fulfillment and also of maybe even achieving the main point, goal or end state.<\/p>\n As a transformational leader, Idealized Influence is a critical element of such leadership where being a role model is the essence.\u00a0 Demonstrating that the goal is centered on excellence and not perfectionism can help create a powerful culture that is rooted in empowerment, successes and failures that allow for learning, growing, developing and sustaining excellent performance.\u00a0 On being the best you can be<\/em>, focus on Performance Excellence and not run the risk of burning out<\/em> with Perfect Performance.<\/p>\n — Mario Flores<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mario Flores.<\/span>\u00a0 All Rights Reserved.\u00a0 No part of these materials may be reproduced in any form without written permission.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" First Quarter 2015- Issue 19<\/p>\n Note from Coach Mario-\u00a0 At the End of the Day-\u00a0 “The Cost of Perfection”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Be the Best You Can Be!”\u00a0 This does not mean being perfect because Perfection does not equal Excellence.\u00a0 This also does not mean that quality is being compromised either.\u00a0 As a transformational leader, one still has to be results-minded.\u00a0 [<\/p>\n