Perfection is a Low Standard

Conventional wisdom says that striving for perfection is the best way to succeed. I disagree.
Perfection is a concept that bears no resemblance to reality. Because it is unattainable, those who seek it are doomed to disappointment.
The quest for perfection forces your attention onto minor details that don't really matter. You "sweat the small stuff" but "miss the big picture."
Perfectionists are forever judging people and finding them wanting. As a result, they make both themselves and those around them miserable.
Because they're seeking the impossible, perfectionists give up quickly. And on those rare occasions when they do accomplish something, they can't enjoy it.
Because it's not perfect.
That's why perfect is a low standard. People who strive for it are simply giving themselves an excuse to fail.

A Higher Standard

What's a higher standard than perfect? Actually there are two: "good enough," and "outstanding."
There are many elements of life and work where "good enough" is, well..., good enough to get the job done.
Improving things that are "good enough" produces diminishing returns. For example, why have a spotlessly clean desk when you're not making the important calls?
There are other elements of life and work where you want to be "outstanding"--which means standing above the crowd.
The only way to be "outstanding" is to work on what's essential, not to achieve perfection, but to achieve your goals.

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The Danger of Positive Thinking

Positive thinking is a wonderful thing, but it can get you into deep trouble. If you're not careful, positive thinking can turn into "magical thinking" where your desire to win overwhelms your ability to perceive what's actually going on.
Nowhere is this more obvious than in sales. Salespeople tend to be positive thinkers, which stands them in good stead when they need the motivation to keep working even when things get tough.
However, it's not unusual for salespeople to become so enamored of an "opportunity" that they fail to read the signs that this customer just isn't going to buy. They think so positively that they end up pursuing dead end deals.
Entrepreneurs have similar failings. Because they're so positive that their product or business strategy will work, they miss opportunities to change it for the better. They let enthusiasm gloss over real problems that make those strategies ineffective.
In both cases, the problem is the same: thinking positively about the wrong thing.
With that in mind, here are some quick rules:

• Be positive you'll achieve your goals, but not that your goals will never change.
• Be positive you'll do your best, but not that your best will always win.
• Be positive you'll overcome obstacles, but not that obstacles don't exist.
• Be positive you can help your customers, but not that everyone is a customer.
• Be positive you'll make hard decisions, even when it means cutting your losses.
• Be positive you'll manage your emotions, but not that you'll never be disappointed.
• Treat positivity as part of your tool kit, but not a tool that fits every situation.

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Mother Theresa Said

"Don't think that love, to be true, has to be extraordinary.
What is necessary is to continue to love.
How does a lamp burn, if it is not by the continuous feeding of little drops of oil? Where there is no oil, there is no light.
Dear friends, what are our drops of oil in our lamps? They are small things from every day life: the joy, the generosity, the little good things, the humility and the patience.
A simple thought of someone else. Our way to be silent, to listen, to forgive, to speak and to act. These are the real drops of oil that make our lamps burn vividly our whole life. Don't look for Jesus far away, He is not there. He is in you, take care of your lamp and you will see Him." 

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THE WORLD IS MINE

Today, upon a bus, I saw a very beautiful woman.

And wished I were as beautiful.

When suddenly she rose to leave,

I saw her hobble down the aisle.

She had one leg and wore a crutch.

But as she passed, she gave a smile.

Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.

I have two legs; the world is mine.

I stopped to buy some candy.

The lad who sold it had such charm.

I talked with him, he seemed so glad.

If I were late, it'd do no harm.

And as I left, he said to me:

"I thank you, you've been so kind.

It's nice to talk with folks like you.

You see," he said, "I'm blind."

Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.

I have two eyes; the world is mine.

Later while walking down the street,

I saw a child I knew.

He stood and watched the others play,

but he did not know what to do.

I stopped a moment and then I said,

"Why don't you join them dear?"

He looked ahead without a word.

I forgot, he couldn't hear.

Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.

I have two ears; the world is mine.

With feet to take me where I'd go.

With eyes to see the sunset's glow.

With ears to hear what I'd know.

Oh, God, forgive me when I whine.

I've been blessed indeed, the world is mine.

If this poem makes you feel thankful,

just whisper a small prayer thanking Him.

After all, it's just a simple reminder

that we have so much to be thankful for!

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PRAY WITH ALL OF US

Lord God, you have made from the whole humanity one family, when Jesus taught us the OUR FATHER. We do believe that OUR FATHER "who art in Heaven" is the ONLY REAL FATHER of the whole world. He is the Father of the Jews, Christians, Muslims, and any other religion, people or ethnic group.
We believe that we are Brothers and Sisters under the wise love and protection of our same WONDERFUL FATHER "who art in Heaven". We believe that we can form from the whole world one family, one VILLAGE, if we do work to love each other, as HE, OUR FATHER wants us to be: HIS WORLD ONE BELOVED FAMILY.
Our Father guide us in your wisdom and help us to meet each other by changing our hearts and our minds. Make us see, in each one, we do meet or visit with a brother or a sister of the same FATHER "who art in Heaven".

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CASH FOR PRAYERS: how Morris Cerullo profits from the poor

Yesterday a homeless man that I have got to know through my work showed me a letter that he had just received from Morris Cerullo, the infamous TV evangelist.  It was entitled 8 Weeks - 8 Blessings of Superabundance To Meet 8 Specific Needs in Your Life.  In the 6-page letter, Cerullo asks the recipients to complete an enclosed form with space for 8 specific needs that they have and send it back to him.  He promises that he and his wife will take the form to the Garden tomb, in Israel - said to be the actual place where Jesus was buried and resurrected – and pray over it.  Cerullo writes:

‘Partner, when I receive your prayer needs and your seed faith gift, I will believe with you for the Isaac anointing of SUPERABUNDANCE to overflow in every area of your life!’

So what’s this ‘seed-faith gift’? You’ve guessed it – this prayer does not come for free.  It requires a seed faith gift - basically, Christian lingo for hard cash.  Using highly dubious theology, he says that an ‘Isaac offering’ is giving to God what you have and ‘not holding back anything because of fear or intimidation.’

‘Isaac gave God his best, and in turn, God gave Isaac His best – the hundredfold miracle!…This is God’s promise to you during our incredible SEASON OF MIRACLES.  You can tap into the power of the 8 BLESSINGS OF SUPERABUNDANCE when you sow your best seed today.’

So how much does this amazing opportunity cost?  Well, Cerullo is keen not to limit the offering that can be given to him – because he wants people to give him ‘the best’ they can.  But helpfully he gives two options – you can either give a ‘season of miracles’ offering of £24 or a ‘sacrificial offering’ of £40.  In some ways the amounts suggested are the most sinister part – because Cerullo is not targeting the high rollers.  No, through mass mailouts he focusses his fundraising campaigns on the poorest groups in society.  He is the master of peddling a consumerist perversion of Christian hope in package deals that might just be within reach of people who have very little. 

I have read such letters before, but what made me even more sickened and angry was the fact that this letter had been sent to someone who is as poor and as vulnerable as you can be in this country. It made me think about how many other vulnerable men, women and families are being conned out of the little money they have by fraudsters pretending to show Christian concern?  It is a sort of modern day, pentecostal version of the corrupt operations of medieval Roman Catholicism which fleeced people for vast amounts to reduce their time in purgatory. 

I don’t know the exact reality of Morris Cerullo’s life – whether its true that he lives in a house worth $12m and has a jet with gold-plated interior - but I have seen the way that he tries to squeeze money out of someone who has virtually nothing.  And often, a personal experience gives a clearer picture than when something is discussed in abstract.  This is why the clip of Cerullo coercing a young 4 year old girl with terminal cancer, who he claimed to have healed, to run on stage is so awful (see it here on you tube). Through the impact on an individual you can see clearly the dangerous impact this kind of ’ministry’ has.

Cerullo, and those who follow him or endorse his methods, need to listen more closely to what Jesus had to say about those who profit from the poor through corrupt and hypocritical religious practices: 

‘Beware of the teachers of the law…they devour widow’s houses and for a show make lengthy prayers.  Such men will be punished most severely.’ (Luke 20:47)