A martial artist argues perfection is a verb, not a noun. Treating it as an ongoing process of self-improvement means every small step counts as perfect. Fixing perfection to a specific goal like money leaves you directionless once you reach it.
One of the greatest gifts I ever got from my life as a martial artist was, I guess, the threads of philosophy that led me to this thought: Perfection is not a destination, it's a never-ending process. Once you transform that idea of perfection from a noun to a verb, then all of a sudden the universe around you does in fact change at this point. Because any step you take, any moment of self-improvement becomes an act of perfection, becomes an act of self-perfection. So that's what I mean by that. As soon as we look for a point or time and space or a certain dollar amount in your bank account, then you've set a line. And you gotta be very careful because once you achieve that goal, you may not have any place else to go, or you may be very disappointed if you fall short of it. As soon as you think about perfection as a process, as a verb instead of a noun, then every single step, no matter how small, becomes part of that process and becomes a moment of perfection.
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