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Sometimes its fine to half-arse it!
I watched a fascinating TED talk recently where the speaker shared this gem of advice. I loved it as I felt this would be relevant to many of those I coach myself included.
Essentially, we set ourselves a goal. We then fail to reach our target because life gets in the way. Suddenly don’t have the time or space to get done all we wanted to achieve. We throw our arms up in defeat and decide to do twice as much tomorrow.
The issue with this is that we don’t get double done the next day or even the next. Before we know that novel, we planned to write at 3000 words a day isn’t any closer than it was a week ago. We eventually get to the point where we give up entirely or reset the whole project.
Unfortunately, we don’t learn from this experience. We end up in a similar position a few months further down the track.
It is at this point that half arising comes into the equation. If we only do something when we can do it perfectly, then what happens is, we are more likely to fail. However, if we permit ourselves to do what we can, then we may be more likely to get moving.
For example, a friend has been talking to me for a while now about writing a book. I suggested that she try giving it a go. Not to worry that she doesn’t have the whole idea yet. Not to set deadlines for completion or…
