Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done

by Jon Acuff

The less that people aimed for perfect, the more productive they became.

This is the first lie that perfectionism tells you about goals: Quit if it isn’t perfect.

I thought maybe I was the only one who had a perfectionism filter that sorted ideas before they were allowed to hit a piece of paper.

Accomplishing a goal is a lot less like taking a train across country and a lot more like driving a bumper car.

Unfortunately, perfectionism dies slowly. It’s persistent and particularly dangerous because it masquerades as excellence.

but scientifically speaking, joyless goals fail.

Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion. —Simon Sinek