What’s good enough?

Too often, we assume (without even realising!) that it’s not enough simply to achieve our goals – we need to do so excellently. As a result, we end up stressed and perfection-obsessed. The fact is that you don’t need to aim for excellence. Good enough is good enough. The problem is that we’re so focused on excellence that we can’t even see what ‘good enough’ would look like. Here’s an exercise to help you sketch out that space between ‘good enough’ and ‘excellent’.

This exercise is discussed in podcast episode #34: In praise of half heartedness