Top Consultant Says: Accept Your Flaws and You'll Get More Done!
Marie sees a job in the classifieds that she really wants; it suits her to a T.
But she can’t bring herself to call for additional information, as the ad requires, fearing that she’ll make a mistake or sound foolish or fail to impress.
So, she rehearses the call, over and over, in her mind, trying to anticipate every contingency.
Finally, by the end of the day she phones in, only to be told they have enough applicants already, but thank you very much.
Marie’s perfectionism prevented her from being considered, and this type of loss occurs all the time to people who believe they should be—correction—who feel they MUST BE PERFECT in order to undertake a task.
We’d all be better off accepting our shortcomings and getting on with whatever we want to do or need to do, however imperfect we may be at it.
I’m reminded of the story of Native American craftspeople, especially those who string together beautiful beads. Purposely, some of these artisans put tiny flaws into their creations as a reminder that nothing is perfect.
I understand that people who sew beautiful quilts do something very similar, for the same reason.
Once, when I was accepting delivery of a new car, I pointed out a small scratch and the salesman said to me he’s like to take a small hammer to the undercarriage and put a ding in it so customers could relax and get over the trauma of suffering their first dent.
I don’t recall if that made me feel any better about the scratch but I got his point.
It is wasteful to expect or to seek perfection. If we do, we’ll stall.
If we can accept flaws, especially our own, making our expectations more reasonable, we’ll do more, probably at a higher standard of quality, than we ever expected!
Dr. Gary S. Goodman is the best-selling author of 12 books, over 600 articles, and the creator of numerous audio and video training programs, including "The Law of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable," published by Nightingale-Conant-a favorite among salespeople and entrepreneurs. For information about booking Gary to speak at your next sales, customer service or management meeting, conference or convention, please address your inquiry to: gary@customersatisfaction.com. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Dr._Gary_S._Goodman |
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