Progress Over Perfection: A Guide to Mindful Productivity (12) (Live Well)

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The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Another example is captions. I know a hard of hearing person who prefers transcripts to captions. They need to see more lines. Many of us prefer traditional captions because transcripts give us cognitive overload. You might not achieve your goal or meet your standards right away, but as you continue to work toward your goals, you’ll learn how to accept imperfections in yourself and others. 5) Making progress helps you celebrate the small wins. Think about it. If your five-minute drive turns into an unexpected 65-minute drive, how do you think you’ll feel? Or a 20-minute phone call turns into a 2-hour chat. (This happened to my spouse as the company’s phone system malfunctioned.) By the time the person reaches you, they may be at the end of their rope.Think of accessibility as an ongoing journey with no finish line. This perspective makes things easier knowing it’ll be part of your business every day. Progress Over Perfection for Accessibility Supporters Thoughts are where it begins, we must control our thoughts, consciously tune into them and catch them, deciding whether they are helpful or unhelpful. Be careful of your thoughts, as they will become your reality. One way to move away from perfectionism is to replace self-critical talk with realistic or helpful statements even if you do not believe them right away. Your boss has tasked you with organizing the company retreat. You’re honored they want you for the job—but there’s so much to do, and the deadline is fast approaching.

While our behaviors may feel like they’re random, springing up out of nowhere like a person popping out of a giant cake, they are anything but. Our behaviors are tightly tethered to beliefs that we hold about ourselves and the world around us. These beliefs are stories we tell ourselves. Like many stories, they have power, but are not inherently true. It may not be any of these. A few sound huffy in most interactions. I’ve been the subject of their anger, which is why I had a nightmare that woke me up. More on that later. The key is to keep moving forward. Assigning a passionate executive to be the champion is a huge first step. You need that champion to make things happen.

But the next person who isn’t passionate about accessibility may quit altogether. Educate … don’t berate

I once submitted a concept after about 3 mins of work and the MD thought it was the best piece of creative I’d ever done! Content I would normally spend hours agonising over, done and onto the next in just 5 mins! Blew us both away! 5-6 hrs down to 5 mins if that's not progress I don't know what is. Sometimes, you might find yourself facing resistance simply because you’re trying new things, and that means there’s a chance of failure. Those small steps you take and accomplish can give you the needed boost of satisfaction and confidence to keep going and overcoming obstacles. 4) When you strive for progress, not perfection, you’ll learn how to accept flaws and tolerate imperfection in the process. Does these 2 thoughts sound familiar? When we want to start something, we typically tend to think that the change has to be huge and abrupt. The plan has to be perfect, if not, there is no point starting it.Restraint is knowing that you can eat certain foods but choosing not to, because you want to make healthier food choices, or because you rather fill your stomach up with more satiable foods. Restraint is withholding certain foods because you want to take care of your body, not because you cannot have it. You choose to stay away from those foods because you want to lose weight, not because you can’t eat it. You are still in control of your choices, and therefore you will feel less deprived.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are ~ Donald Miller Conclusion Besides, you’ll eventually run into, as Christopher Patnoe says, the accessibility paradox or as I like to call it Schrödinger’s a11y cat. (A11y is short for accessibility. There are 11 letters between A and Y.) So, what’s Schrödinger’s a11y cat? It means that something you do for accessibility could be an accessibility problem for someone else. Let's normalise reframing these moments from a sorry to a thank you to help move you away from a place of disempowerment and fear to a place of gratitude and appreciation.Share your weaknesses. Share your hard moments. Share your real side. It’ll either scare away every fake person in your life or it will inspire them to finally let go of that mirage called “perfection,” which will open the doors to the most important relationships you’ll ever be a part of ~ Dan Pearce As we constantly create actions and momentum over and over again, we build a habit loop. Yes, the initial effort may be tougher than motivation, but once habits are created, it becomes a part of our subconscious routine, which means no more motivation required! Risking failure is a bold action. It takes courage. That courage deserves to be recognized. By expecting and embracing failure, we are shifting focus onto the effort and progress we made, and reinforcing a progress mindset. 2. TAKE IT SLOW