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Episode 375: Progress Over Perfection · Positively 365: Inspire, Motivate, Support

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Positively three hundred and sixty five, a podcast
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  Speaker 3: Welcome to this week's episode of Positively three sixty five.
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  Speaker 3: This week we are talking about progress over perfection. If
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  Speaker 3: we wait for perfection, we can become stuck and never
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  Speaker 3: start or finish anything. We will explore this idea further today,
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  Speaker 3: but first we have our trivia question of the day.
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  Speaker 3: Are you ready for it? Here? It is what famous
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  Speaker 3: inventor said, genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine
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  Speaker 3: percent perspiration. We will have the answer when we come back.
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  Speaker 3: Welcome back. Do you know the answer to this week's
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  Speaker 3: trivia question? The question was what famous inventor said genius
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  Speaker 3: is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration. The
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  Speaker 3: answer Thomas Edison. Edison was one of the most well
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  Speaker 3: known inventors in history, credited with innovations such as the
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  Speaker 3: phone age and improvements to the electric light bulb. This
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  Speaker 3: quote reflects his belief that success comes more from hard
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  Speaker 3: work and persistence than from talent alone. It is a
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  Speaker 3: reminder that progress is often built through steady effort, not perfection.
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  Speaker 3: Now you know, progress over perfection means choosing movement instead
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  Speaker 3: of waiting for the ideal moment. Many people delay starting
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  Speaker 3: because they want everything to be just right, But the
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  Speaker 3: truth is there is rarely a perfect time to begin.
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  Speaker 3: There may always be more fear, more uncertainty, or more
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  Speaker 3: reasons to wait. If we keep chasing perfect conditions, we
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  Speaker 3: often stay stuck. Progress happens when we take one small step,
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  Speaker 3: even if it feels incomplete or imperfect. Starting gives us
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  Speaker 3: something valuable that never can momentum. We learn, grow, adjust,
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  Speaker 3: and improve as we go. Perfection is often an impossible standard,
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  Speaker 3: but progress is always possible. The important thing is not
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  Speaker 3: to begin flawlessly. The important thing is to begin. As
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  Speaker 3: we close out this episode, I want to leave you
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  Speaker 3: with this final thought. You do not have to have
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  Speaker 3: everything figured out to take the next step. Growth often
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  Speaker 3: begins with the courage to start before you feel fully ready.
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  Speaker 3: As Arthur ashe said, start where you are, use what
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  Speaker 3: you have, do what you can until next time. Stay
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  Speaker 3: positive today and every day.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for joining us today.
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  Speaker 1: You would love to hear from you, So until next time,
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  Speaker 1: say positive today and every day, three hundred and sixty
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