| Perfectionism is a double edged sword; it is both a | | | | Speaking of which, did you know the |
| gift and a curse. You see if you wait until | | | | top-of-the-line speech recognition software claims |
| everything is perfect before you do anything, | | | | to be 97% accurate. |
| chances are you'll end up doing very little, but | | | | Interestingly enough, I am answering this question |
| what you do accomplish will be great, as that is a | | | | with speech recognition software, and when I am |
| given. Still, perfection can often be your worst | | | | completed I will do a quick amount of editing, |
| enemy. In fact, in Six Sigma they actually do not | | | | perhaps a couple of minutes, and I will have four |
| shoot for 100% perfection, more like 99-plus | | | | minutes into answering this question, in total. |
| percent. And do you know why? There is a real | | | | Luckily, I am not a perfectionist, although many of |
| and logical reality to the rule and law of diminishing | | | | my friends accuse me of this. |
| returns. | | | | Quite frankly, I don't have time to be a |
| If you are attempting to write online articles for | | | | perfectionist. I have too many things to do in my |
| your online article marketing efforts then you are | | | | life, and I realize that one lifetime is simply not |
| not getting paid the $.50 per word which some of | | | | enough time to complete them all. In fact, it would |
| the top magazine writers collect when they write | | | | take me 10 lifetimes or more. I don't have the |
| articles. And you can ask any top article author | | | | luxury of being perfectionist, I don't suffer from |
| for hire, and they will tell you that they spend | | | | this, and I thank my lucky stars for that. |
| much more time editing than they do writing. You | | | | If you are a perfectionist, my best advice to you |
| can understand that if an article is going into a | | | | is to think about article marketing logically, and |
| magazine, a scientific journal, or a literary work | | | | reason to yourself why you must not work to |
| then perfectionism of the end product is quite | | | | make your articles perfect, but rather make |
| important. | | | | them close to perfect, that is to say more than |
| However, when it comes to online article writing it | | | | just what's acceptable, and just slightly more than |
| is more about conveying the thought, and using | | | | what someone would consider good. They don't |
| informational marketing to attract your reader to | | | | have to be great and they don't have to be |
| trust you, and to click on the link on your byline | | | | perfect. If this bothers you, and you can't handle |
| for even more information, because they believe | | | | it psychologically, you need to find a new avenue |
| you to be a credible source. It doesn't take 100% | | | | to pursue in your online marketing. I hope you will |
| perfection to do that, 90% is good enough. | | | | please consider all this. |