Through hard work and determination you have finally arrived at the place you dreamed of so many years ago. How do you shift your perspective to push past that perfect level of professional achievement that you’ve envisioned for years? First you have to realise that you’re not perfect.

What’s perfect?

Perfection is something we think we have attained when everything has worked out the way we planned. The reality is that true perfection is not something that can be attained. Evaluate your “perfection” and replace that with efficiency.

A new goal

When we are running at 100% efficiency, we feel we have crossed the finish line. Instead, there’s a new goal. You have to be sure that efficiency is not complacency. How can you improve what you’re already doing? How can you expand the business to build for tomorrow?

Improving perfection

You are already running at 100% efficiency. This won’t be about cutting waste or expenditures. Instead, this will be about improving the overall quality of your products. There are small ways you can get even more out of your thriving business. Since everything is running smoothly, you now have the time to focus on each stage of the process. You can smooth out vendor relations. You can tweak the production phase. You can improve delivery speed. Each step gets the attention it needs.

Building for tomorrow

Don’t be fooled; the industry is constantly changing. Are you ready for the changes that tomorrow might bring? Chances are, you can make some adjustments now in order to be better prepared for what comes next. You could expand your product line horizontally. You may even use this opportunity to add a completely new product or service. Your best defence against tomorrow’s paradigm shift is a great offence that takes the constant change into account.

The best way to push yourself past perfection is to realise that you still aren’t there. In the face of a changing world, you have to consider what perfect might look like next year or even ten years from now.