Under certain circumstances, being willing to work poorly is NOT an acceptance of low standards, rather it is a willingness to be a beginner, to tolerate the pain of being a novice once again. To someone who has achieved mastery in one or more fields, it can be quite the blow to one’s inner perfectionist to start all over again in a new endeavor.
Yet the willingness to be humble, to endure the stumbles, to soldier through is the only way we can continue to grow and expand ourselves beyond our current limits. Yes, it can be uncomfortable… but it is oh so necessary.
Closing Quotes:
“Discomfort is the currency of mastery.” – Brooke Castillo
“Growth and comfort do not coexist.” – Ginni Rometty, former CEO of IBM
“Anything worth doing well is worth doing badly at first.” – G.K. Chesterton, 1874-1936
“If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.” – Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn
As always, I share what I most want and need to learn. – Nathan S. Collier
Note: Every effort has been made to properly source any 3rd person material. I am, however, a voracious reader. If anyone finds any unattributed material, pls let me know asap and I will be delighted to give credit where credit is due.
“All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832
