Over Planning vs. Perfect Engagement

“The artist who aims at per­fec­tion in every­thing achieves it in noth­ing.” — Eugene Delacroix, French Roman­tic painter, 1798 –1863

What will get you bet­ter results: A Per­fect Plan or Per­fect Engage­ment? All too often lead­ers get caught over plan­ning, try­ing to make their strat­e­gy, prod­uct or pre­sen­ta­tion absolute­ly perfect.

Don’t get me wrong – I love and appre­ci­ate qual­i­ty because it does make a dif­fer­ence. But we can get lost in the mid­dle of projects when we are not clear on the destination.

When lead­ers get obsessed with per­fec­tion, they can for­get about the mes­sage they are try­ing to com­mu­ni­cate — and the result they want the receiv­er of the mes­sage to think and to feel.

So, instead of get­ting too deep into tweak­ing, edit­ing and pol­ish­ing your prod­uct, start by ask­ing yourself…

“What am I try­ing to get the receiv­er to think, feel and then do?”

Once you are crys­tal clear, go and per­fect your prod­uct. You are much more like­ly to get the out­come you desire – know­ing exact­ly where you are going.

“Have no fear of per­fec­tion. You’ll nev­er reach it.” — Sal­vador Dali, Span­ish sur­re­al­ist painter, 1904 –1989

About Kevin:

CEOs typ­i­cal­ly place their first call to Coach Kevin with a cri­sis to solve. They stay because of his busi­ness acu­men and no-holds-barred, tell-it-like-it-is style.

Kevin’s career spans 20 years, over a dozen coun­tries and four con­ti­nents. He’s worked with hun­dreds of CEOs and exec­u­tives, help­ing them to break through busi­ness chal­lenges, grow their com­pa­nies and find per­son­al suc­cess along the way.

These expe­ri­ences inspired Kevin’s book, Your Oxy­gen Mask First, in which he reveals the 17 habits every leader must know to tran­scend the per­ils of suc­cess, and achieve even more.

About Lawrence & Co:

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