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- 1:33Perfection is destroying your best ideas, series five,
- 1:36show 39, episode number two.
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- 2:43Welcome everyone.
- 2:45I'm John C.
- 2:46Morley.
- 2:46I'm a serial entrepreneur, I'm an engineer, a
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- 2:57at Montclair State University, and so grateful now
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- 3:13So yes, great to be with you here.
- 3:15Welcome everyone to another episode of the ever
- 3:18-popular Inspirations for Your Life Show.
- 3:21Today I'm talking about perfection and how something
- 3:24that sounds positive can actually stop creativity dead
- 3:29in its tracks.
- 3:30Wanting to do great work is healthy.
- 3:33Believing everything must be perfect before anyone sees
- 3:36it is another story entirely.
- 3:38Creativity needs room to develop, change, fail, and
- 3:43it can improve.
- 3:44So if you've been sitting on an idea
- 3:46because it isn't perfect yet, today's show is
- 3:50your mark just for you.
- 3:52So let's get into our 30 points, shall
- 3:54we?
- 3:54Number one, perfection can stop creativity before it
- 3:58even has a chance to start.
- 3:59An idea doesn't usually arrive completely finished, but
- 4:03perfectionism can make you reject it before you've
- 4:06had a chance to really explore it.
- 4:08Don't demand proof that an idea is brilliant
- 4:10before giving it a chance to become something
- 4:13that you really want.
- 4:15Explore it, investigate it, see what it's about,
- 4:18and I think it may just surprise you
- 4:21in a way that I think will make
- 4:22you pretty happy.
- 4:25So these are things that a lot of
- 4:26people necessarily don't want to talk about, but
- 4:28I think they're important things that we need
- 4:30to be aware of in our life.
- 4:33Number two, stop demanding greatness from your first
- 4:37attempt.
- 4:37It's your first attempt, okay?
- 4:39Attempt number one doesn't need to look like
- 4:41attempt number 50.
- 4:43The first attempt gives you information.
- 4:45It shows you what works, what doesn't, and
- 4:48what you need to change.
- 4:49Let the first version teach you.
- 4:51I think that's the most important thing, and
- 4:53enjoy the process.
- 4:55Number three, creativity needs permission to be messy.
- 5:00Creativity can involve notes, experiments, unfinished thoughts, and
- 5:04ideas that go, unfortunately, nowhere.
- 5:08That's part of exploring, guys.
- 5:09If everything has to stay neat and predictable,
- 5:12you may never discover something unexpected.
- 5:15Number four, your rough draft is allowed to
- 5:18be rough and messy.
- 5:20A rough draft isn't supposed to be the
- 5:21finished product.
- 5:22Its purpose is to get the idea out
- 5:25of your head and onto paper or on
- 5:27the computer screen into a form that you're
- 5:30able to work with, right?
- 5:32You can make it better later, but we
- 5:35have to get the idea down, and then
- 5:37we have to work with that idea.
- 5:38So I think that's a very important thing
- 5:40that a lot of people miss.
- 5:43Number five, an imperfect idea can become an
- 5:47incredible one.
- 5:48Don't judge an idea only by how it
- 5:50looks when it begins.
- 5:52An ordinary thought can become extraordinary after you
- 5:55develop it.
- 5:56Combine it with something else or discover what's
- 5:59missing from it.
- 6:00There's no harm in doing that.
- 6:01And as I said, guys, enjoy the process.
- 6:04The process is really remarkable when you can
- 6:07understand what's going on and you can make
- 6:09changes to things.
- 6:11That's pretty powerful, guys.
- 6:13Very, very powerful.
- 6:15Number six, guys, stop editing while you're still
- 6:18inventing.
- 6:19If you create one sentence and immediately criticize
- 6:22it, you interrupt your own momentum and flow.
- 6:26Give yourself time to generate ideas first.
- 6:28Editing can come afterward, but let's get the
- 6:31ideas raw on the paper or on the
- 6:34computer so that we can make a difference.
- 6:36I think that's an important thing that a
- 6:38lot of people don't realize.
- 6:39It doesn't need to be perfect when it
- 6:41comes out.
- 6:41I know doing culinary, cooking as a hobby,
- 6:45desserts, it doesn't have to be perfect the
- 6:47first time.
- 6:48I want it to be perfect, but that
- 6:49doesn't mean I'm going to serve it to
- 6:50somebody the first time.
- 6:51I'm going to practice and make sure it's
- 6:52right.
- 6:52Then I'll actually serve it to someone.
- 6:55So I think those are important things that
- 6:58a lot of people just don't realize, but
- 7:02we need to be allowing ourselves to be
- 7:05creative.
- 7:05Number seven, creation and evaluation are different processes
- 7:08altogether.
- 7:10Creation asks, what could this become?
- 7:13Evaluation asks, how well is this working for
- 7:16me?
- 7:17You need both.
- 7:18But if evaluation takes over too early, creation
- 7:22may never get a chance.
- 7:23And then the beauty of what you're thinking,
- 7:26you'll never get to explore.
- 7:28And I think that's a problem for a
- 7:30lot of people because like, wait a minute,
- 7:31it's not perfect.
- 7:32It's not meant to be perfect, guys.
- 7:33It's not meant to be perfect.
- 7:36It's not meant to be perfect.
- 7:38That's an important thing.
- 7:40Number eight, guys, give ideas room before criticizing
- 7:45them.
- 7:46Not every idea deserves to survive.
- 7:48I get it.
- 7:48But give an idea enough room to understand
- 7:50what it might become before you 86 it
- 7:53or eliminate it.
- 7:54Explore first, judge later.
- 7:57Number nine, perfectionism makes experimentation feel dangerous.
- 8:02When every mistake feels unacceptable, you naturally start
- 8:05avoiding risk.
- 8:06But experimentation requires uncertainty.
- 8:09That's needed.
- 8:10You have to be willing to try something
- 8:13first without knowing exactly what will happen.
- 8:16You might be pleasantly surprised.
- 8:17You might hate it.
- 8:18But you can always go back.
- 8:19You can always change it.
- 8:20I think that's a very important thing for
- 8:24us to realize, right?
- 8:26I think that's a very important thing.
- 8:29And there's a lot that we can do.
- 8:32So understanding that.
- 8:35Number 10, creativity requires trying things that may
- 8:39fail.
- 8:40You might say I have no idea what
- 8:41I'm doing.
- 8:42But you'll try it.
- 8:44I'll give you an example.
- 8:47I never did painting before many years ago.
- 8:49And I went to one of these sip
- 8:51and paints.
- 8:51And I was actually pleasantly surprised that I
- 8:54did really well.
- 8:55And I've gone to them many times.
- 8:57And I actually enjoy the process.
- 9:00Some experiences won't work.
- 9:01That's true.
- 9:02That's not proof that you aren't creative.
- 9:05It's part of discovering what does work for
- 9:07you and what doesn't.
- 9:08Failure can give you information you couldn't get
- 9:10any other way.
- 9:11So why not try a sip and paint?
- 9:14Why not try something new?
- 9:16It might just surprise you.
- 9:18And you might learn something about yourself that
- 9:20you didn't even know was actually possible.
- 9:22So I think that's important.
- 9:26I think that's the most important thing that
- 9:28I can tell you.
- 9:30Number 11, stop protecting yourself from bad ideas.
- 9:34You're going to have bad ideas.
- 9:36Face it.
- 9:37Everybody does.
- 9:38If you're afraid to generate anything bad, you
- 9:40may also prevent yourself from trying to generate
- 9:42or reach something new or great.
- 9:45Number 12, bad ideas can lead somewhere useful,
- 9:48guys.
- 9:49A bad idea may contain one useful piece.
- 9:52That piece may trigger another thought, which leads
- 9:54somewhere completely different.
- 9:56A wrong turn can sometimes reveal a road
- 9:58you didn't know even existed yet.
- 10:01Have you ever gone there?
- 10:01Maybe you've gone to a restaurant.
- 10:02You're like, oh, I didn't know this restaurant
- 10:03was here.
- 10:04I didn't know this was here.
- 10:06All because you decided to explore.
- 10:10I think that's a real important thing.
- 10:18And hopefully it'll give you some ideas.
- 10:22Hopefully it will give you some ideas.
- 10:27All right, let's move on to number 13.
- 10:32Not everything you create needs an audience.
- 10:38You don't have to publish everything.
- 10:40You don't have to do that.
- 10:42You don't need likes, comments, approval for everything
- 10:45you post, or applause every time you create
- 10:48something.
- 10:49Sometimes you should create simply because you want
- 10:53to explore something.
- 10:54And I think sometimes people say, well, you
- 10:56know, what are people going to think?
- 10:58Just create it for whatever reason.
- 11:01I think that's an important thing.
- 11:02When we create it for whatever and we
- 11:04have that kind of concept, that's when we
- 11:07can have that big breakthrough, right?
- 11:11That's when we can have that very, very
- 11:13big breakthrough, the one that we're probably afraid
- 11:15of.
- 11:18Number 14, make something nobody else will see.
- 11:22Write something privately.
- 11:24Draw something.
- 11:25Record something.
- 11:27Build something just for the purposes of yourself.
- 11:30Removing the audience can remove pressure and give
- 11:32you freedom to experiment.
- 11:34Maybe later on you want to share it,
- 11:35but you don't have to be on stage
- 11:37or show everybody what you do in your
- 11:39life.
- 11:40There's no requirement for that.
- 11:42So I think that's an important thing to
- 11:50understand.
- 11:52And I know a lot of you are
- 11:54out there saying, hey, John, you know, this
- 11:56is crazy.
- 11:57But the thing is a lot, what's more
- 11:59crazy, I should say, is not doing things.
- 12:01Like being on the fence is one thing.
- 12:03But, you know, if there was something that
- 12:06was going to be really good, it was
- 12:09going to break through, but you suddenly won't
- 12:10do it because you're afraid, because you're uncomfortable,
- 12:13that's a problem.
- 12:14Okay?
- 12:18That's important, guys.
- 12:19Really, really important.
- 12:21So, again, remove the audience and maybe remove
- 12:24the stress and the pressure that's coming with
- 12:25it.
- 12:26Number 15, stop asking whether people will like
- 12:29it.
- 12:29Audience matters when you're producing professional work.
- 12:33But imagination, imagery approval, shouldn't control every idea
- 12:38at the beginning.
- 12:39Don't let people who aren't even in the
- 12:42room become your creative director.
- 12:45Right?
- 12:46I think that's something that sometimes will stifle
- 12:49people, like, well, that's horrible.
- 12:51I don't like that.
- 12:52That's one person.
- 12:54Number 16, ask whether you're curious enough to
- 12:58explore it.
- 12:58Instead of asking, will everybody like this, ask
- 13:02something different.
- 13:03Am I curious enough to see where this
- 13:05goes?
- 13:07Curiosity doesn't require certainty.
- 13:09It simply gives you a reason to continue
- 13:11exploring.
- 13:13And I think we all want reasons to
- 13:16keep exploring, right?
- 13:18Number 17, perfection turns play into pressure.
- 13:24Play sounds like, let's see what happens.
- 13:28Perfection is, this better work.
- 13:31I always tell people, creatively play.
- 13:34And if you do, you'll never work a
- 13:35day in your life.
- 13:37One invites exploration, the other one just invites
- 13:40stress.
- 13:43And that's a problem when we're trying to
- 13:45be creative.
- 13:46And suddenly we're getting scrutinized, or it's under
- 13:49a microscope, and people are offering their two
- 13:52cents.
- 13:52When we never even ask for their two
- 13:54cents.
- 13:57That's important, guys.
- 13:59Number 18, creativity works better when curiosity leads.
- 14:09Curiosity gets us to ask questions.
- 14:12What happens if I change this?
- 14:15What if I try the opposite way?
- 14:19What if I approach this differently?
- 14:21Questions create possibilities.
- 14:24Curiosity keeps you moving forward.
- 14:27I think when we get curious and we
- 14:30get creative, we get this second drive or
- 14:33the second wind, like, wow, this is a
- 14:35lot of fun, right?
- 14:38And I think that's an important thing to
- 14:40understand, that it's something really interesting.
- 14:46And something interesting that could make your life
- 14:49change.
- 14:50Could make things change for you.
- 14:55Almost overnight.
- 14:57Almost overnight.
- 15:02Number 19, don't compare a beginning with somebody
- 15:06else's finished work.
- 15:09You see their finished book, polished video, successful
- 15:13company, or even beautiful design that they made.
- 15:16You probably didn't see the failed drafts, the
- 15:19mistakes, the revisions, and the years of practice
- 15:22they went through.
- 15:24Compare your work fairly.
- 15:27You have to realize they didn't just start.
- 15:30You did.
- 15:31But they've been working on it for a
- 15:32long time.
- 15:34That's why they got successful.
- 15:36That's why theirs looks better.
- 15:38They weren't any better than you when they
- 15:41started.
- 15:42But we have to allow ourselves some freedom
- 15:45to say, look, I can evolve at my
- 15:48own time, my own pace.
- 15:49I don't need to rush.
- 15:52There's no need to rush, guys.
- 15:54No need to rush at all.
- 16:00And I think that's an important thing to
- 16:02understand.
- 16:05If we know we don't have to rush,
- 16:07if we know we don't have to do
- 16:08something in a certain way, then we actually
- 16:11can make a difference because the stress is
- 16:15gone.
- 16:15The pressure is gone.
- 16:18I think that's probably one of the most
- 16:20important things that I can tell you is
- 16:23that whole concept, right?
- 16:27Number 20, your first version isn't your final
- 16:32version.
- 16:34Version one is the drawing board.
- 16:36It's a starting point.
- 16:38It's not the verdict.
- 16:39You can revise it any time you want.
- 16:42You can rebuild it any time you want.
- 16:44You can remove what doesn't work and add
- 16:46what's actually missing.
- 16:48See, that's what versions are all about, whether
- 16:50we're talking about software, whether we're talking about
- 16:53paintings, whether we're talking about construction, things can
- 16:58be changed.
- 17:01A beginning idea may not be the final
- 17:04idea.
- 17:06Okay, I think that's a very important thing
- 17:10to understand.
- 17:14And hopefully you'll understand that that's what you
- 17:20want, but you got to believe in it
- 17:22a little bit, okay?
- 17:23As I said, you can rebuild it, you
- 17:25can remove what doesn't work, and you can
- 17:27add what's missing later.
- 17:28That's what versions are for.
- 17:31Number 21, improvement requires something to improve.
- 17:34You need new material, a paragraph, a sketch,
- 17:37a prototype, or maybe a new recording.
- 17:39Once something exists, you can examine if it
- 17:42makes the condition better when you change it.
- 17:47Number 22, you can't revise a blank page,
- 17:50so you have to get started.
- 17:51A blank page may contain no mistakes, right?
- 17:55It also contains no possibilities, no future.
- 17:59Put something on it, right?
- 18:02A blank canvas is great, but you have
- 18:03to do something with it.
- 18:04You can improve something imperfect, but you can't
- 18:07revise something that doesn't exist.
- 18:10Nothing to change.
- 18:12Number 23, stop polishing ideas you haven't finished
- 18:16creating yet.
- 18:17Don't perfect the first 10% while the
- 18:20other 90% remains trapped in your head.
- 18:24Build the whole idea, then go back and
- 18:27decide what deserves your attention at this very
- 18:31moment.
- 18:32Number 24, give yourself deadlines.
- 18:35Instead of endless revisions, perfectionism can always find
- 18:39one more thing to change.
- 18:41A deadline creates a stopping point.
- 18:44It doesn't mean you don't care about quality.
- 18:46It means finishing matters, too.
- 18:49I know a lot of people out there
- 18:50are like, well, I can just keep revising
- 18:52and revising, and then you're never going to
- 18:53be finished.
- 18:55So I think these are important things for
- 18:58us to understand, okay?
- 19:00And that's an important piece for us to
- 19:07know, right?
- 19:08A very, very important piece for us to
- 19:10know.
- 19:12Number 25, guys.
- 19:15Finished and imperfect can teach you more than
- 19:18unfinished perfection.
- 19:21Finishing gives you feedback.
- 19:23You learn what worked, what didn't, and what
- 19:26you would change next time.
- 19:28An unfinished idea can't give you those same
- 19:32lessons.
- 19:32There's nothing to go on, right?
- 19:35There's nothing to go on.
- 19:36Like, how do you fix or how do
- 19:40you change something blank?
- 19:43How do you change a building that was
- 19:47never built, right?
- 19:50You can't.
- 19:54Number 26, let mistakes reveal unexpected possibilities.
- 20:00Sometimes a mistake creates something you never intended
- 20:03to be there.
- 20:04Before automatically erasing it, look at what happened.
- 20:07Maybe that mistake just showed you a possibility
- 20:10you wouldn't have discovered intentionally.
- 20:14Number 27, creativity needs freedom more than it
- 20:19does control.
- 20:20Structure and discipline can help you create, but
- 20:23too much control can suffocate the discovery process.
- 20:29A lot of people put too many restrictions
- 20:32on their creativity and then they don't get
- 20:33anywhere.
- 20:34Leave enough room for something unexpected to happen
- 20:37and you'll be pleasantly surprised.
- 20:40That's often where interesting ideas appear.
- 20:44Let's just try it.
- 20:45Let's creatively play and see what happens.
- 20:50And there's no expectations for you to have
- 20:52to do or be anything.
- 20:55That's when creativity is fun, right?
- 20:58Just take a paintbrush and just play.
- 21:01Just take some blocks and play.
- 21:04Number 28, create first and judge later.
- 21:09When it's time to create, do create.
- 21:11When it's time to evaluate, evaluate.
- 21:13Evaluate.
- 21:14Separate those two processes and don't lower your
- 21:19standards by thinking that you have to put
- 21:22them together, because you don't, right?
- 21:24You're not going to lower your standards by
- 21:26putting them together or keeping them apart.
- 21:28It prevents your standards from stopping you before
- 21:31you made something pretty interesting, like, wow, what
- 21:34did I make?
- 21:36Number 29, perfection doesn't create masterpieces.
- 21:39Definitely not overnight.
- 21:40So iterations do, repeat does, practice does.
- 21:46Great work is built through versions.
- 21:49You create, you review, you learn, you adjust,
- 21:52you play.
- 21:53And then you know what?
- 21:55You create again.
- 21:57Everybody I know wants to make the final
- 22:00like the first.
- 22:02You can't.
- 22:03Or throw the first pitch to be the
- 22:05best.
- 22:05You can't.
- 22:07Each version teaches you something.
- 22:08The previous version couldn't.
- 22:14Number 30, please stop trying to make it
- 22:18perfect and give yourself permission to make it
- 22:20real, to make it you, make it you.
- 22:26When you try something new, you try to
- 22:27say, well, gee, I want to be an
- 22:29expert at this.
- 22:31You do that, you probably fail.
- 22:34Why not just embrace the moment?
- 22:39This is what I want you all to
- 22:40remember today, because I know we talked about
- 22:42a lot, but perfectionism is something that people
- 22:47will share with your whole life.
- 22:50But I think it's important to understand what
- 22:52it means and what it doesn't mean, okay?
- 22:57That's probably the most important thing to actually
- 23:03understand, right?
- 23:05That's probably the most important thing I can
- 23:06share with you.
- 23:09So think about something you've been delaying in
- 23:12your life.
- 23:13I don't know.
- 23:14Maybe it's a book.
- 23:15Maybe it's a business idea.
- 23:16Maybe it's a video, a presentation, a project,
- 23:19or something completely personal.
- 23:20Maybe it's going back to school and getting
- 23:22another degree.
- 23:26Maybe it's becoming more fit.
- 23:29Maybe it's training for a marathon or the
- 23:33Olympics, right?
- 23:35Maybe it's deciding to volunteer.
- 23:39It could be anything, guys.
- 23:40It doesn't have to be limited to one
- 23:42thing.
- 23:45So that's the question, right?
- 23:48Are you ready waiting because you're not ready?
- 23:55Are you saying you're not ready?
- 23:59Or are you really waiting because you're not
- 24:02ready?
- 24:03Or are you waiting for the impossible moment
- 24:06to fall down from the sky and everything's
- 24:09going to feel perfect?
- 24:11Guys, there's no perfect time, no perfect moment,
- 24:13no perfect situation.
- 24:15Make the first version.
- 24:17Let it be imperfect.
- 24:19Let it teach you something.
- 24:21Do you think my very first podcast was
- 24:23perfect?
- 24:24No.
- 24:26Then improve it.
- 24:27Once an idea becomes real, you can work
- 24:30with it.
- 24:30You can test it.
- 24:32Play with it.
- 24:32You can revise it.
- 24:33You can make it stronger.
- 24:36But an important idea trapped inside your head
- 24:40because of perfectionism will never get the opportunity
- 24:43to come to the real world.
- 24:46Creativity isn't and never was about lowering your
- 24:49standards.
- 24:50It's about applying those standards at the right
- 24:52time and not being afraid to do so.
- 24:55Create before you criticize.
- 24:58Explore before you choose to eliminate.
- 25:01Finish before you endlessly polish.
- 25:05These are important.
- 25:06Ladies and gentlemen, I am John C.
- 25:09Morley.
- 25:09I'm a serial entrepreneur, engineer, author, and so
- 25:12much more.
- 25:13I take this opportunity to reach out to
- 25:16all of you here and say to you
- 25:18that perfectionism might be that one thing that's
- 25:22holding you back from success.
- 25:23And I don't want that for you.
- 25:25I don't want you to have that challenge.
- 25:28I do take this moment here to thank
- 25:30you all for spending time with me and
- 25:33joining me on another amazing, powerful episode of
- 25:35Inspirations for Your Life.
- 25:37And, you know, ladies and gentlemen, I want
- 25:38you to remember, your next great idea may
- 25:42not look great when it first appears.
- 25:45It may not be in the greatest package.
- 25:47It may not be in the greatest light
- 25:49or even the best situation.
- 25:52Take a breath.
- 25:54Give it room.
- 25:56Give it some time.
- 25:58Give yourself permission to make it real.
- 26:01I think a lot of times when we
- 26:04get the opportunity, we're like, oh my gosh,
- 26:06I've got to do this right.
- 26:07If I don't, then what are people going
- 26:09to think of me?
- 26:10Who cares?
- 26:15Just be allowed to play, okay?
- 26:25Be allowed to play.
- 26:30When you play, your life changes.
- 26:34Creativity gets its permission to move forward with
- 26:38what you have.
- 26:39Instead of, oh, I don't know if I
- 26:40want to take the pen.
- 26:42I don't know if I want to let
- 26:43it hit the canvas.
- 26:44I remember the very first time I started,
- 26:46I'm like, I don't want to put a
- 26:47dot on there.
- 26:48You have to put a dot.
- 26:49If we put a dot and it's not
- 26:50right, we can always make it better.
- 26:51And we can.
- 26:53I was afraid to even put one dot
- 26:55on the paper.
- 26:55I remember that.
- 26:56It was many years ago.
- 26:57But now I love painting.
- 27:01Remember that next idea.
- 27:02Again, give it room.
- 27:02Please give it time.
- 27:05Give yourself permission to make it real in
- 27:07your life.
- 27:08Not because you have to, but because hopefully
- 27:11you want to.
- 27:12Because, ladies and gentlemen, perfection doesn't create a
- 27:15masterpiece.
- 27:20Do you know what really creates a masterpiece?
- 27:23It's not perfection.
- 27:27It's not yelling at yourself.
- 27:31It's the iterations.
- 27:35It's enjoying the creative process.
- 27:41That's what makes something great.
- 27:45You've heard me say before, you don't have
- 27:48to be great to start.
- 27:49But you have to start so you can
- 27:52become great.
- 27:53Again, I'm John C.
- 27:54Morley, serial entrepreneur.
- 27:55Be sure to check out BelieveMeAchieve.com for
- 27:57more of my amazing, of course, inspiring creations.
- 27:59I'll see you on another show real soon.
- 28:01Be well, everyone.
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