Part 6 in this series from Tony Kubica:

“Entrepreneur Mistake #6: Getting stuck in perfection. There is no such thing as the perfect proposal, the perfect letter and the perfect response. Good is often good enough unless you are dealing with life and death situations, which most of us are not. The extra 20 percent you put into your product, service, response is neither recognized nor appreciated by the recipient. But the fact that it took you too long to respond is recognized and not in a good way”

I am as guilty of this mistake as anyone else in the business world, i have sometimes spent hours working on a proposal or making that presentation just perfect, most of that time was wasted. In the end i found most of my clients through my existing clients and the networks that they had.

Then negative of trying for perfection is of course the wasted time, sometimes what your client needs is action now, not next week, they want their needs catered for not yours.

In your business, always strive to do you very best, however make sure you do your very best in the optimum timeframe.

Regards

Michael