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Lise Emmerson's avatar

When our business partners were building up digital codes for a business, one partner would say: ''That's good enough''. It was his expression/line to say that the program works as is and if they continued the coding, it might just mess it up. In life situation - that's good enough ... don't mess with it. It has been a very good saying.

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Lois Deneau's avatar

Excellent content. I like the coined word ‘satisficing’. It helps us to relax in many situations and not put undue pressure on ourselves.

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Dr. Jeff Perron, C.Psych's avatar

100 percent - Thank you, Lois.

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Rowena's avatar

Loved this! As a recovering perfectionist/wanting to make people like me… I agree with this sentiment as doing enough has bought me more peace of mind and contentment. My therapist asked a while back “When do you know you’ve done enough?” I had never stopped to consider this question.

Thanks for the wonderful examples and reflection.

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Dr. Jeff Perron, C.Psych's avatar

Thank you, Rowena. Great question - “When do you know you’ve done enough?” - we all have to answer this for ourselves on an ongoing basis.

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Christin's avatar

So true. What a great approach!

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Dr. Jeff Perron, C.Psych's avatar

Thank you, Christin.

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