Yes that Tina Fey, the Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live fame, I will look anywhere for coaching advice and some times you find where least expect it. I was reading an article she wrote in the March 14 issue of New Yorker called “Lessons From Late Night.” Here are her thoughts in italics and my coaching interpretations following:
“The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready; it goes on because it’s eleven- thirty.” Coaching lesson here, if you wait until you are 100% ready you will never compete. You have put your ass on the line. Test yourself, the competition/game/match is going to take place, get in the arena and compete.
“You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute (and I’m from a generation in which a lot of people died on waterslides, so this was an important lesson to learn.) You have to let people see what you wrote. It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live television.” Get going, click off the conscious mind, be confident in your preparation, and go for it. Perfection is something to strive for, but seldom achieved. Everyone has doubts, but you have to get in the game and get after it.