Perfectionism is one of the sneakiest productivity killers in business. Mid work is actually a non-negotiable part of becoming exceptional — and why withholding your "imperfect" output will never make you exceptional. 

Key Topics Covered:

• Why bad work is a required step on the path to exceptional work
• How perfectionism screws over your future self
• The online publishing deadline that changed how Peta approaches content creation
• Why your "half-arsed" podcast episode or email could be the first draft of your best work
• The difference between a body of work and individual perfect pieces
• Why showing up consistently beats showing up perfectly
• How visibility — even imperfect visibility — creates compounding opportunities

TIMESTAMPS

0:00:00 - Intro: Part of doing good work is actually doing bad work 
0:01:00 - Why growth makes us forget where we started 
0:01:55 - Comparing yourself to AI — and why that's a trap 
0:03:20 - Peta's perfectionism problem with the podcast 
0:04:26 - The online publishing deadline that changed everything 
0:06:00 - Bad work is the first draft of your best work 
0:07:17 - How "imperfect" content becomes your most important content 
0:08:00 - What perfectionism actually costs your future self 

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