Comments on: Success Is Messy! http://marketingqi.com/blog/2009/03/success-is-messy/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:08:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Laura Olesen http://marketingqi.com/blog/2009/03/success-is-messy/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Laura Olesen Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:27:08 +0000 http://marketingqi.com/blog/?p=250#comment-176 At a PwC Consulting world training event for new hires, someone asked one of the Partners during a Q&A how he had achieved his success with the firm. His answer was: "Repeated failure". There's probably some truth in that - it's very possible we'll fail (or at least get messy!) when we're trying new things and stepping out of the box. As a perfectionist, it reminded me not to wait for perfect and not to stew over failures (and mess along the way!). We must keep going! Thanks for the post! At a PwC Consulting world training event for new hires, someone asked one of the Partners during a Q&A how he had achieved his success with the firm. His answer was: “Repeated failure”. There’s probably some truth in that – it’s very possible we’ll fail (or at least get messy!) when we’re trying new things and stepping out of the box. As a perfectionist, it reminded me not to wait for perfect and not to stew over failures (and mess along the way!). We must keep going! Thanks for the post!

]]> By: Cindy Petersiel http://marketingqi.com/blog/2009/03/success-is-messy/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Cindy Petersiel Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:19:00 +0000 http://marketingqi.com/blog/?p=250#comment-175 Elen, Thanks for the reminder. Sometimes we expect it to all go so smoothly and feel that we have somehow failed if it doesn't. And the real deal is, it's never perfect, rarely smooth, and always worth the persistence! Great post, Cindy Elen,
Thanks for the reminder. Sometimes we expect it to all go so smoothly and feel that we have somehow failed if it doesn’t. And the real deal is, it’s never perfect, rarely smooth, and always worth the persistence!

Great post,
Cindy

]]> By: Penny http://marketingqi.com/blog/2009/03/success-is-messy/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Penny Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:15:30 +0000 http://marketingqi.com/blog/?p=250#comment-174 Thank You Ellen! What a fantastic reminder! Great advice and often difficult to implement, especially for someone whose life has been spent as a perfectionist. I'm getting over that and articles like this remind me that it is OKAY to make mistakes and begin even if everything is not "complete" yet. Thank You Ellen! What a fantastic reminder! Great advice and often difficult to implement, especially for someone whose life has been spent as a perfectionist. I’m getting over that and articles like this remind me that it is OKAY to make mistakes and begin even if everything is not “complete” yet.

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