What to do when you don’t start because you want to be perfect?

So what to do when you don't start because you want to be perfect? So most people don't start working on their goals or projects because they wait for perfection. And if you too are obsessed with perfection, unfortunately, it can never happen. So in this video, you will learn how a simple rule can get you out of your desire for perfection. And as a result, you will finish more tasks and even faster without feeling bad about yourself. So if you follow a simple rule shared in this video, you are going to dramatically change the way you do things. So let me talk about when I wrote my first ever article. It took me 1 month to publish and I wanted to make it really good. And why not? So I decided to publish an article every week, and that's the bold promise I made to myself back then. But ridiculously, it took about 6 months for me to publish my first 4 articles, and there were some invalid reasons for taking too long to do things. Anyway, things are now drastically different and even better. In the last 10 years, I have been writing articles quite regularly, and I write articles, creating content for my course, editing my website. Yep. I write everything that you see on my website. I edit and write, I write the content entirely for my website, create videos like this, and now I'm also releasing some posts here and there on social media platforms. So there are a few exceptions where I decided to take a break for 1 or 2 months, and I took such breaks about 3 to 4 times, and recently I took a break for a year. But mostly I've been consistent and people sometimes ask me how I get so many things done. And you too can do more things. And in this video, you will also learn a simple technique that will help you to do more things and do things faster. So let's discuss. So imagine you are going to a business networking meeting and you see other smartly dressed people. Come to you and talk to you, and you feel shy and terrified because you feel, oh, you'll be judged by the way you look, walk, and talk. So you avoid meeting people because you think it's not the perfect time and place to meet people. You think you are not quite ready for it yet, and that's not how you should blow up the opportunities. The desire to look perfect or do perfect will never help you to get started. The reason why you want to be perfect is not only because you want to be liked or accepted by others, but rather it's because of fear. You don't want to fail and you don't have the fear of failure too. And it's the fear of taking the first step. It's the fear of being seen. People are far too afraid of criticism, and that's why they avoid things. It's the fear of getting rejected that has kept many people dreaming about their goals only. And to deal with these fears, people want to do things perfectly so that they can get approval from others. Oh, there you go. Look how cool, how perfect. I am, so they can avoid being criticized. And it's too energy and time consuming to seek perfection. And it's extremely tiring to work till you're perfect. So what's the best way to get out of this endless journey of perfection? Let's find out. So do you know what software is used by most professional photographers to edit their photos? And the answer is Adobe Photoshop. It was created in 1988 by Thomas and John Knoll, and they have released about 20 versions of Adobe Photoshop so far. And it started as version 1, 2, And 3, and since version 8, they— it's called CS, CS2, CS3, and so on. But why do they need to release updates after updates? Does it mean that they could not create a perfect version in their first release? What makes them create new updates frequently? And Photoshop gradually adds more and more features as time goes on. Also, Photoshop asks its customers what improvement they're looking for, and customers tell Adobe Photoshop when they find any bugs, when they see anything that needs improvement. You too should do something similar, and I believe in doing something similar too, and I believe in doing things when it's almost 70% right. Because you can never do 100% initially. Whenever you feel you are 70% completed, just release it. Just show off, show, just open, just release, just check it out. No company or no product is 100% completed when they are released. You can start and get it perfect later on and You always have the freedom to add, delete, or replace whenever you require. And none of my products or articles is 100% right. I just publish it and make changes whenever it is required. The first edition of my book, OfferCraft, was given to people to check. And it was not published for the public. And I got the feedback and made the changes, and then I published it with some changes. And after 6 months, I released the second version of the book with some changes again. If I would've waited for 100% perfection, I could have never published any of my courses. Products or articles. And it's not about being too average. You know, obviously I'm not asking you to release things that are mediocre or boring. I'm not even asking you to release without doing a self-check. But I have found that most people just don't get started because they wish they could do things perfectly in the first trial. And sometimes your incomplete task or product or anything that will give you the success that you are actually looking for. Here's my example. So one of my courses accidentally became a super hit in 2014. I was asked to give a training to a staff of more than 150 people at a company, and I had to deliver. A training program on marketing and sales using the techniques of neurolinguistic programming and hypnosis. And after preparing the content for many weeks, the company did not schedule the training event. They just declined to move ahead because of their some reasons. And I was sad because I did a lot of corrections because they wanted me to do so. And I was disappointed, and I was looking at my content that took days and weeks to prepare, and I wonder what to do with that. Somehow I decided to turn the same content into a course and use that content. I created the course called Conversational Hypnosis: How to Communicate Hypnotically. So I put effort into creating the course and used all the resources that I that I had at that time, and I published it with as many corrections as I could. And I published it online on some online course portals such as udemy.com. And I put myself on the platform from where the whole world can buy my course. And, you know, almost accidental course brought enormous success to me. And I launched my course not only on Udemy, but many other online Course sites as well. The course How to Communicate Hypnotically attracted more than 5,000 students from 140 countries. And if I had waited to make it perfect, I could have never reached a massive audience like this. The course is still available. It's not even changed at all. Still, a lot of people are enrolling every single day, and you can go for what you have now. No matter how big brands like Apple, Tesla, Google, or Amazon, or even the small brands, they never had and will never have a perfect product or service. There is no such thing as a perfect product or service. The perfect product or service that people want is already with you right now. Your customers Will tell you what is needed, and your customers don't even know what is 100% perfect. They will find your 70% perfect product as their 100% product. So can this video be 100% perfect? I don't think so. Or maybe yes. Can I add more stories to these videos? Can I make it longer? Should I just, uh, Add more and better music, or should I delete something? Should I add some pictures or emojis or make it more interesting? Yes or no? It's better to be imperfect than not doing anything. And if you're ready with 70% of what you can do, it's good to go. You can always tweak the rest 30% later on. And you can fill in the remaining 30% later on. So allow yourself to start where you are right now with what you have, regardless of how imperfect or incomplete it is. So if you like this video, and I hope you like it, and found it beneficial, and if you think this video can be beneficial to many, please share it. Far and wide. My name is Mayur Bardolia from North Star Angel. Thank you for watching.