The 80% Lesson Plan Will Teach Just Fine
The lesson plan you stayed up until midnight perfecting teaches about as well as the one that was 80% ready. Here’s what perfectionism is actually costing you.
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Put your energy towards working to be your best. Perfection is unattainable and altogether unnecessary. - Why Edify Guy
The lesson plan that’s 80% ready will teach just as well as the one you stayed up until midnight finishing.
Probably better—because you’ll have slept.
Perfectionism tells you the gap between “good enough and “perfect” is worth the cost. It isn’t. Not in September. Not in February. Not ever. You’ve been trained to tie your work quality to your worth as a person. That training runs deep.
Unlearning it takes practice. But it starts with shipping the 80%.
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