How to be Useful Rather than Perfect
"So, I stopped trying to look like I had all the answers and started being the person who could find them." Very nice! Great article
Thanks, Linda! It makes sense doesn't it? I do love my "research."
I love how you write "It means providing a 70% solution today so you or your team can move, rather than a 100% solution next week that leads to a bottleneck." Recognizing that a partial win is also valuable progress, too, is everything.
I like to think about this in terms of writing as well.
Thanks for the collaboration Tory, it was fun!
This is soooo true, and when I became a project management trainer it got worse because you are expected to know everything but nobody does.
Yes! And handling that kind of thing can be tricky, especially in the moment. What techniques did you end up using when you faced this?
I was honest and said things like “let’s discuss this and see what the best practice guides say. Most people were appreciative.
This resonates with me a lot where I’d always try and perfect everything but delay tasks and even updates by a week.
Good read!
Thanks for the comment! Yes, timeliness usually improves if you are willing to be less than perfect.
Equally, thanks for the response, and totally agree!
"So, I stopped trying to look like I had all the answers and started being the person who could find them." Very nice! Great article
Thanks, Linda! It makes sense doesn't it? I do love my "research."
I love how you write "It means providing a 70% solution today so you or your team can move, rather than a 100% solution next week that leads to a bottleneck." Recognizing that a partial win is also valuable progress, too, is everything.
I like to think about this in terms of writing as well.
Thanks for the collaboration Tory, it was fun!
This is soooo true, and when I became a project management trainer it got worse because you are expected to know everything but nobody does.
Yes! And handling that kind of thing can be tricky, especially in the moment. What techniques did you end up using when you faced this?
I was honest and said things like “let’s discuss this and see what the best practice guides say. Most people were appreciative.
This resonates with me a lot where I’d always try and perfect everything but delay tasks and even updates by a week.
Good read!
Thanks for the comment! Yes, timeliness usually improves if you are willing to be less than perfect.
Equally, thanks for the response, and totally agree!