Are You Suffering from Entrepreneurial Perfectionism Syndrome

Are You Suffering from Entrepreneurial Perfectionism Syndrome With all the serious  blog posts  about resumes and  interviewing tips lately, today I decided to share a personal  story. I have a feeling many young entrepreneurs have experienced something similar. I had a bit of an emotional melt-down this week. It was one of those weird mid-twenties moments where you feel the need to evaluate your life from every aspect.   Your career.   Your relationship. Your financial situation. Not sure where the hell this came from, but it came and hit me hard. So I called  my two most influential  personal advisers: my parents.   And  I made them take me out to dinner because it is way cheaper than therapy.   My parents are very successful entrepreneurs.   Theyve worked together as a couple their whole career.   Somehow they are still very happily married after  27 years.   They are  the masters at making shit happen.   My Dad  provided me one very clear takeaway which was so simple, yet so huge: Stop getting so caught up in all the details. Huh?  ! So then Im like, Yeah whatever Dad.   Anyways, heres an idea I want to put into play in my business(enter detail, after detail, after detail). And he kept interrupting. And I was annoyed.    And then after interruption 179,  I started to see what he meant. He broke everything down into SIMPLE action steps.   Hed say, Write this down! and tell me  3 things to do this week, instead of the 50 on my list. My Dad was lucky enough to graduate high school.   Yet Id bet money that he is a better business man than most MBAs out there.   Why?   Because he keeps it simple.   Now I see why they say  that people who get Cs rule the world.   They dont overthink everything.   His advice? Not sure how much to charge for a product or service?   Pick a number and adjust from there. Want to start making freelance income?   Then do it, dont just  read about it. Not sure about all the details of what your clients might need?   Ask the 100s people that email you every week-   theyre right in front of you!  Then start taking on clients and adjust from there. You are already in business but youre too busy thinking about it to notice it. Perfectionism is an entrepreneurs death sentence.   Shit.    This must be why  Ive started several projects but rarely  finish them because I always find something to improve, analyze or change.    Um hello- have you ever heard of version 1?   You can always make version 2, 3 and 4 of your product or service later.   My entrepreneurial perfectionism syndrome  theory is seconded in  this awesome  post about perfectionsim on Zen Habits. What do you think? Are psychological barriers holding you back from your entrepreneurial aspirations?   Is it really a lack of education or is it a lack of simplicity?   Are you trying to re-invent the wheel rather than trying something simple  and seeing how it goes? One of my trusted advisors (@mattchevy) recently taught me, start small, think big.   What order are you thinking in? Big or small first?