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            a knife and ask them how many ways   find that we create opportunities to   SHIFT 2: FROM PERFECTION TO
            would they be able to use it.  What   think about things in a different way.   DONE
            would that knife be for? By the time   There’s a real permissiveness, we get   Our second shift is  ‘done is better
            it takes you to think of three ways   permission to try. I can’t do this, yet.   than perfect’. It means letting go of
            you would use the knife they have   This doesn’t work, yet. I don’t know,   perfection. One of the challenges with
            probably  rattled  off  about  20  uses.   yet. That little word opens up amazing   perfection is that it can often create
            That imagination and what’s possible   opportunities for us when it comes to   paralysis - we stop what we’re doing
            in a beginner’s mindset is actually   thinking differently.        because it’s just not good enough. We
            incredible.                        And I think it can be a really lovely   know that if we stop what we’re doing
              In Zen Buddhism we call it Shoshin,   thing  to  do  around  your  peers  to  be   we’re not being agile and we’re not
            the beginner’s mind.              able to help them, to coach them, to   responding to relentless change.
                                              catch  them  saying  things  that  shut   The other thing about perfection
            IN THE  BEGINNER’S  MIND THERE  ARE   down opportunities and just add the   is that it is always subjective. There is
            MANY POSSIBILITIES, IN THE EXPERT’S   term yet to that sentence.   rarely an objective measure of what
            MIND THERE ARE FEW                 On the first line on your piece of   is perfect because it depends on how
              One of the easiest ways to move   paper, write expert on the left, and   you  see  perfection.  When  we  shift
            into a beginner’s mindset is to use the   beginner  on  the  right.  Where  would   our mindset to  ‘done’, what we do is
            work of Carol Dweck on the growth   you put your mindset at the moment?   we invite feedback and collaboration
            mindset. This is a little tool that I use   You don’t have to show it to anybody,   from other people. Is this done yet? So
            every day. It’s the power of ‘yet’ - three   this is just a little moment of self-  again we’re bringing ‘yet’ back into the
            little letters. When we add the word   reflection to think about the mindset   conversation. It aligns with the progress
            yet to the end of our sentences, we   shifts you might want to make.  principle which rewards small wins.









































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