Now ain’t that just Perfect!

“A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.” ~John Henry Newman

I listened to C C Chapman’s pod-cast about perfection this weekend. It seems that whenever there’s an issue surrounding social media and/or marketing, either C C Chapman, Mitch Joel or Jaffe Juice  read my mind and then run to their mikes to rain upon me their little aural gems of wisdom.

I’ve always wanted to be a writer but self-censorship and self consciousness provided convenient excuses that led me to procrastinate for a few decades.

Instead of practicing my craft by just doing it, I stored away post-it notes to be resurrected later and be metamorphosed into that great Canadian memoir or play.

Fear of making mistakes, fear of not being perfect has robbed me of living to my potential.

Maybe it’s the maturity that comes from being on the far side of the hill, but by opening the Pandora’s Box of social media, I have rediscovered  passion and promise in myself.

I know now that making a mistake doesn’t diminish me as a human being - It makes me more human. It took me a long time to understand that.

“Congratulations! You're not perfect! It's ridiculous to want to be perfect anyway. But then, everybody's ridiculous sometimes, except perfect people. You know what perfect is? Perfect is not eating or drinking or talking or moving a muscle or making even the teensiest mistake. Perfect is never doing anything wrong - which means never doing anything at all. Perfect is boring!” ~Stephen Manes

Believe in Yourself!

What's your story?

These days I tend to start my day with cereal, coffee and a perusal through blog postings courtesy of my trusty Google Reader.

I can count on, Mitch Joel's blog: Six Pixels of Separation to provide me with enough brain food that, along with my breakfast, gets me off to an inspired and healthy start to the day.

This morning was no exception. Like many of the articles he posts, I related with this one very much: it addressed the idea that we create our own stories.

In particular, he was presenting Donald Miller's new book: A million Miles in a Thousand Years.

I'm not familiar with Donald Miller -a little more now at the time of writing this - but let's say it was a great marketing job complete with a video of Chris Brogan giving the book a review.


The book evidently refers a lot to making our own stories.

Writing your own story means you have to know the protagonist very well and as Donald Miller says, we tend to identify ourselves by how others perceive us.   I'm not sure if I agree; but I look forward to reading the book to understand better what he meant by that as another day and another page of my new story is completed.

Book Notes | Donald Miller Interview, Part 1

Donald Miller Interview, Part 2

Donald Miller Interview, Part 3