This is a YouTube video titled "Seek Success, Not Perfection" containing a conversation recorded on January 7, 2021, featuring Ask AI Mark and another speaker discussing the philosophy of embracing small wins and lowering personal standards to build success through tiny habits.
In a way, your work is the antithesis of perfectionism. It's like the celebration of small little wins that sometimes seem silly, but actually build a life of success, right? Floss one tooth, do one push-up, take one step, you know, say one prayer, whatever it is that you want to do. And I think it's sort of ironic that it sort of embraces the imperfection that we are as human beings.
Yeah, and I think about it in general as it's lowering the bar. Don't have this high bar that you must clear. Lower the bar and embrace the fact that you succeeded in getting over the bar. And if you do more than that, terrific. If you do 20 push-ups rather than two, awesome. But you don't raise the bar on yourself.
Yes.
Set yourself up to succeed.
So if you're 300 pounds, you know, I'm going to run an Ironman next month. You go, I'm going to walk around the block, right?
Yeah, part of the trick or not trick or part of the skill of doing tiny habits effectively is picking the smallest new habit that will also have meaning to you. I mean, it can get so small that it's completely trivial and that's not a good selection. So pick something that's really, really small but will also have meaning.
