Nobody’s perfect but everybody is trying!

• Building the perfect athlete
• Pitching the perfect game
• Laying the perfect bunt
• Chasing the perfect season
• Finding the perfect diamond
• Buying the perfect gift
• Riding the perfect wave
• Singing the perfect note
• Cooking the perfect dessert
• Creating the perfect wine

Any driven athlete–any serious physicist, philosopher, winemaker or entertainer, for that matter–will tell you that while they all chase perfection, there is no such thing as perfection; there is only the ongoing pursuit of the ideal.

We each have our own idea of “as good as it gets”, and while perfection will never be obtained, our individual and collective goal is and should always be to perform as flawlessly as possible!

What To Do Now? Share your thoughts on what it means to perform flawlessly.

It has since then evolved into a modern art form. The goal of this art is to transform a flat sheet of material into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques, and as such the use of cuts or glue are not considered to be origami.

Sipho Mabona is a Swiss origami master who creates some amazing art that is considered by many to be the best in the world.

He was recently commissioned by the advertising agency Nordpol+ Hamburg to design a series of origami models to tell the story of the Japanese sports brand ASICS.

The movie is titled “Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection”, and it has won just about every design award possible.

Enjoy this stunning piece of work, the powerful message from the founder of ASICS, and the pursuit of perfection from everyone involved in creating this amazing video.

To see more of the amazing work by Sipho Mabona, check out his Origami designs on Flickr.

Attention to every detail is mission critical.

Paul Dalton has…

• handled more super cars than any A-list celebrity or athlete.
• developed a reputation for being the best in the world at what he does.
• raving clients that express deep devotion and loyalty to his services.
• the audacity to charge up to $5000 to wash, wax and detail a car.
• such exceptionally high standards and proudly refers to himself as a perfectionist.

Paul Dalton has been haled as “the best car wash in the world” by Autocar magazine, but an average invoice of $550 gives you a clue that this is more than your average shampoo and polish.

His company Miracle Detail, specializes in ‘detailing’ high-end cars, from vintage classics to super cars such as the Bugatti Veyron, and can cost anything up to a wallet-busting $5000.

To say that Paul is passionate about detailing and paintwork correction would be an understatement.

His commitment to his craft, pursuit of perfection, and exceptional attention to detail rival’s the precision a heart surgeon and has led to his reputation as being the best in the world.

So what can you learn from Paul Dalton and his perfectionism?

1. If you truly want to develop a reputation as being the “best” in your chosen profession, than accept that the pursuit of perfection is mandatory.

2. If you pick the right target audience and deliver fanatical, over the top service, you will be be able to claim premium prices and long-term client loyalty.

3. Embrace your perfectionism, promote it, and use it as a powerful and sustainable competitive weapon.

So what do you do if your performance is not currently superior to everyone and everything else around you?

Easy. Decide to deliver fanatical results, and deliver them – starting right NOW!

There will NEVER be a day nor a job that does not provide the opportunity for a sensational performance.

If you own a business or work for one, you must be able to engineer your performance so that is PROFOUNDLY superior thus separating you from everyone in the marketplace.

Paul Dalton did, and so can you. That is if you want to succeed badly enough!

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your two cents worth on the benefits of being a perfectionist.

Perfectionism inspires the artist to create what the mind imagines.

Q: Is perfectionism a blessing or a curse?

A: Yes!

• It is a blessing when it is the driving force for great achievement.
• It is a curse when the quest for great achievement creates chaos, neglect, and imbalance in other areas of your life.
• It is a blessing when it inspires the artist to create what the mind imagines.
• It is a curse when the mind becomes too tunnel-visioned and one-dimensional.
• It is a gift when the winemaker persists in finding the precise grape, climate, texture.
• It is a curse when the pursuit of the perfect grape negatively impacts the bottom line.
• It is a gift when the architect pays the attention to detail that makes the building an edifice of beauty, safety, representation and functionality.
• It is a curse when the planning process never ends and gets lost in far too much minutia resulting in wasted opportunity.

Perfectionism ensures that the chef fully comprehends the blending and interaction of ingredients down to the microscopic compounds in the dishes that they create.

Perfectionism helps the composer, poet, and writer to craft a work of beauty from random words which in turn touches the heart and mind.

It is perfectionism that inspires an exceptional web designer to use a series of keystrokes to turn ordinary code into an extraordinary website.

Perfectionism has also given us some of our most wondrous works of art that are both visually and intellectually appealing.

Perfectionists search for ways to make the complex simple, visualize the perfect outcome, and work with an obsessive sense of conviction to make their vision a reality.

Yes, perfectionism is both a blessing and a curse. Learning to balance between pragmatism and perfection is a difficult act, one that takes time to learn as the perfectionist often acts from a position of high integrity, ethical sensitivity and compelling idealism.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your two cents worth on why perfectionism is either a blessing or a curse.