When Is “Good Enough” Good Enough?
Written by: Tony Martignetti, Executive Contributor
Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.
How do you know when “good enough” is good enough? Many people don’t know when to stop working on a project. We spend inordinate amounts of time getting things just right instead of getting them good enough and then moving on. The challenge is understanding why you are doing it in the first place.
Each task or project you work on is just one short step on a much longer upward staircase. If you focus on perfectly designing every step, you will find yourself way behind where you could have been over time. The more efficiently you can keep moving forward, the further you go in a shorter period of time, and the more opportunities you take advantage of. This sets you up to be in the right place at the right time for even bigger opportunities instead of having dust collect on your shoulders as you invest time, energy, and resources in details that are unimportant in the big picture.
What is more important than having everything be perfect is your ability to produce and take great strides forward in your work. It’s ok if you don’t perfectly cross every “t” and dot every “i.” What is important is that you are completing things, moving forward, and learning to get better and better at what you do as you go.
So, the simple answer is that good enough is good enough when it’s good enough!
Let NASA worry about scientific perfection. Let yourself be a perfectly imperfect human, get it good enough, and keep going.
As the famous quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe says, “Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace, and power in it.”
Not perfection, but action. Keep taking action and watch how you learn, grow, and everything you need falls into place on its own.
Tony Martignetti, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Tony Martignetti is a trusted leadership advisor, experience creator, author, podcast host, and speaker. He brings together over 25 years of business and management experience, formal training, and extreme curiosity to elevate leaders and equip them with the tools to navigate through change and unlock their true potential.
He loves guiding people to find clarity in their lives so they are energized, fully present, and unstoppable. When leaders unlock their potential and lead from a place of inspired purpose, they impact and inspire everyone around them. He has dedicated himself to helping people live inspired lives.
Before becoming the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of Inspired Purpose Coaching, he was a finance and strategy executive with experience working with some of the world’s leading life sciences companies. Along his journey, he also managed small businesses and ran a financial consulting company.
Tony is the host of The Virtual Campfire podcast and the author of "Climbing the Right Mountain: Navigating the journey to An Inspired Life."
