What is perfect anyway?
“It’s not perfect” my daughter exclaimed to me. My response was sometimes done is better than perfect.
Really, what is perfect?
Our idea of perfect is based on something in our heads this could be very different than the perception of what our dream client may feel is perfect. Because perfect is really a perception of the beholder. It’s different for all of us.
This got me thinking about all the undone projects that I’ve come across when onboarding new clients.
Really I'm not a fool
While I’m not foolish and know that this undone work could too have something to do with the shiny objects syndrome that so many visionaries have.
But this halt in work may have been brought on because they got hung up on something that wasn’t perfect and they stopped in the messy middle and moved on before the project was brought to completion.
In the book Big Magic Elizabeth Gilbert refers to “Done is better than good.” this is something that she heard from her mother growing up. This is solid gold. Carole Gilbert understood the importance of time and that sometimes you just need to get it done, out the door, and let it go.
Why put something out that is not what you feel is perfect? Again, I’ll ask what is perfect anyway. When a done but not a perfect course or service is put out into the world it will allow you to gather data and establish a benchmark. Oh man, I love me some benchmarks.
This is why you’ll see online business owners putting out beta courses or services. They are asking people to come along for the ride with them. This is really a fantastic way to make sure that you’re providing your dream client with what they really want. Cus’ sometimes that vision in our head of what we think they want and what they really want are two totally different things.
Circling back around to what is perfect anyway. If you spent all your valuable time working to achieve your perception of perfection but that perfect is off from what your dream client’s actual needs are, you’ll receive the same results from your launch. Crickets.
Little Side Note
Are you stuck in the hamster wheel?
The sound of crickets can be good
These crickets aren’t bad, they set the benchmark that you need to do some tweaking to align yourself with the actual problem that you’re trying to solve for your dream client with your course or service.
And…
Friend, remember that done is better than perfect and I encourage you to just launch it, tweak it, and launch it again. But with a launch plan and warming up your audience of course. Don’t forget those steps.
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