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Six Things I learned from my Father about ‘biz By Donald R Dodson Jr
M Too often we are chasing perfectionism. We’re trying to build the Steinway piano when all we really need is the simple door.
y father is in his 80s. I try to spend one day a week, and I go hang out and work on the property or cut wood or something. (I often post about these “Adventures with Dad” on Social media. Like a typical octogenarian, he is just ripe with lots of quotes, quips and phrases that at the very least make you smile and perhaps give you something to consider when it comes to life and business. Here are a select few that I can think of this time.
“It’s not a Steinway.” My father and I are often working on projects around the house and on some of the outbuildings. We are making repairs
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on some pretty old and rustic outbuildings. It’s carpentry and masonry work, mostly And we would oftentimes come to when we could make something a lot nicer and better, but here is a simple reality and practical thing -- is it’s just a door to a woodshed, and it doesn’t need to be particularly fancy. It doesn’t need to be perfect. It just needs to work. Hence the term, “It’s not a Steinway (piano)”. This applies to businesses often. Too often we are chasing perfectionism. We’re trying to build the Steinway piano when all we really need is the simple door. Apply the amount of perfectionism that you need to but be practical with the effort that you put into a project. Oftentimes we get too hung
