Success in Sweatpants

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It’s really easy to lose perspective as a solo business owner. There is so much to attend to, the to do list never gets shorter, and sometimes it seems like the hurrieder we go, the behinder we get.

And we need to do everything well, which means making sure we add that last 5% to everything. We want to succeed, right? Well, then obviously every single thing we do or produce as to be absolutely perfect, or at least as close as possible.

Give yourself a break. Inch by inch everything’s a cinch. Do the right things and the right things will happen. Good enough is good enough.

And that’s key…for those of us running a busy business on our own, good enough is good enough.  We can’t spend our time and energy trying to add that last bit to make things perfect, or wait until our plans are completely set before launching them.  If we do that, we stand a chance of losing a lot of what we went out on our own to get—freedom to spend time outside the office with family and friends.  Striving for 100%, as many of us were taught to do, puts us at risk of having only one dimension in our lives…and if that happens, what’s the point?

We need to be able to succeed doing good enough.

I find this a hard point to get across. I’m not saying that mediocre is good enough. Nor am I saying that you should considering just squeaking by the way to succeed. I’m saying that knowing when what you’ve done is good enough is important for keeping your perspective.

• Main Topic – Good Enough is Good Enough
  • The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple Is Just Fine: http://om.ly/Ipqn
• Quick Biz Tip
  Rather than underpromise and overdeliver, just concentrate on “promise and deliver.” If you keep your word, meet your deadlines, and give your clients what you promised you would give them, you will be in an excellent position relative to your competitors.
• Resource Spotlight
  USA Today daily crossword: http://puzzles.usatoday.com/
• Networking Recommendation
  A comic book kid named Calvin who has a sidekick in the form of his tiger, Hobbes: “I say, if your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.”