As a business coach I am going to recommend that you don't strive for perfection. That in fact the quest for perfection is a fool's quest and should be abandoned immediately.

Now the reason behind my thinking is very simple...perfection itself doesn't exist. It's an illusion, a concept that can not be given actual form. In the world of mathematics you might be able to have the perfect answer to a question but in the arena of human endeavours perfection ceases to be a real possibility. After all however good someone becomes someone else can always improve on it. So if perfection isn't the goal what should be? Try excellence.

Now yes, excellent is another concept, another idea that within the field of human endeavours is hard to positively identify. However this time it is possible to more accurately measure it. I can, for example, recognise an excellent sales call when I hear it. And I can even write down what would constitute an excellent sales call and train someone else to recognise it. I couldn't however describe a perfect sales pitch. There is always something that could have been changed or altered.

So where ever you are in business, assuming you want to excel in your career, I recommend you focus on being excellent. This is something that can be reached, a solid goal that is worth pursuing.

One of the beautiful points about this belief is that you can start today, right now. First you commit to the task, to the challenge of being excellent at something. That's the first step. Then you do the first thing, take the first step. The pursuit of excellence is a journey of actions not theory. It's a process of doing not saying. So do it now. Take that first step...but heed a warning first...

...please realise that excellence is a long journey and it requires determination, persistency and it is fuelled by a constant desire to excel.

But enough of warnings for the good news is that whilst perfection is the destination you can never reach, the pursuit of excellence rewards it's travellers as they travel.

So take that first step and commence the journey.

Good luck.
Archie