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Rules of Thinking, The
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Rules of Thinking, The

by Richard Templar
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 15m
English
Pearson Business
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RULE 30

Appreciate semantics

One of my family is such a perfectionist that he finds it really hard to deliver anything on time. He’s forever spotting tiny flaws in his work that no one else can see and then having to fix them even though he’s up against a deadline – or has already missed it. He likes every piece of work to be absolutely perfect. I can see an inherent flaw in this, which I have had to point out to him: when someone asks for a piece of work, they want it both up to standard and on time. So being on time is part of what constitutes being perfect, and the overall package doesn’t meet the criteria for perfection if it’s late.

Redefining perfection like this makes it easier to deliver work on time. Once you broaden the definition, ...

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ISBN: 9781292263823