Excellence vs. Perfection
by Ken Byers

Excellence is the willingness to be wrong;
Perfection is being right.

Excellence is risk;
Perfection is fear.

Excellence is powerful;
Perfection is anger and frustration.

Excellence is spontaneous;
Perfection is control

Excellence is accepting;
Perfection is judgment.

Excellence is giving;
Perfection is taking.

Excellence is confidence;
Perfection is doubt.

Excellence is flowing;
Perfection is pressure.

Excellence is journey;
Perfection is destination.

Excellence is surrender;
Perfection is consuming.

Excellence is trust;
Perfection is selfishness.

from Man in Transition CA: Journey Together (1990), p. 81.