Original Advice
“Your perfectionism is stalling your team: Endless polishing looks like delay, not care. If you can't let others contribute imperfectly, you're hoarding control, not leading. Ship the 90% version, iterate publicly, and teach as you go.”
Stop Polishing, Start Leading
Your project is late because you’re still sanding invisible edges. The team reads your edits as doubt, not devotion. You call it quality; they feel it as blockade. Leadership isn’t a museum; it’s a loading dock. Move boxes, not velvet ropes. Bless the rough draft. Publish the bruise. If you need flawless to feel safe, admit it. Then choose speed over vanity today.
Perfection hoards information. When only your hands touch the work, no one learns, and nothing scales. Momentum trains the team faster than memos. Early release exposes the real problems while stakes are small. Feedback is cheaper than rework. Teach in public. Let errors surface and be corrected in daylight. Iteration builds trust: in them, and in your capacity to steer, not sculpt.
Cosmic Context
Mercury-ruled editor of the zodiac, you refine systems. Precision is your magic; mutable earth evolves through compost—unfinished inputs, rapid cycles.
Action
──────Ship the current draft by 5 PM without final pass.
✨ You are allowed to release imperfect work and call it leadership. ✨