Perfecting Not Perfection

“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.” — Seneca

The Obstacle

Doing what matters
And not doing the things that don’t.

We should be getting better at this as we get older
Holding on to less
Letting go of the old
Trading or delegating not adding
But are we?

We become like institutions
All of the old stays
We keep adding
Piling
More
Without letting anything go.

We find ourselves short on time
Patience
Understanding
Everything is urgent
It is all on us to do.

We find ourselves with too much
Stress
Control
Responsibility
Obligations.

We never asked
What is important
What’s not?

It’s hard to let go
Embrace a new chapter
Delegate responsibility
Trust others
Give up a part of ourselves.

It’s almost impossible to be perfecting
Improving
When our plate is overfull
There is no room for more. 

The Gift and Opportunity

We are wiser now
Life has shown us much.

We can be on the path of perfecting
Knowing we will never be perfect.

As the phases in our lives change and transition
We can make room
Trade
Delegate
Recalibrate
Tasks and responsibilities.

Let go of low value
In exchange for high return
On our time
Attention
Skills
Relationships. 

We can set others to learn
As we hand over responsibility
We can watch
Coach
Learn from them

As they do it a new way.

We can reorder
Reorganize
Reprioritize
Our time
Attention
Energy
Actions
Relationships.

Recalibrate for the most value
Return
Energizing components
Of our business
Relationships
Activities.

The Practice of Self-Mastery

• Audit your time and tasks 

• Holding on to less - Let go

• Trading or delegate

• Do more of what matters, less of what does not

CHEAT CODE: TIME AUDIT → TRADE OR DELEGATE → RECALIBRATE → DO WHAT MATTERS