The first flat I ever bought was… let’s call it semi-finished.

There were wires sticking out. Walls still in their raw, unpainted glory. Missing tiles. No handles on some cupboards.

But I was excited. I had a plan:
“I’ll finish it while I live in it.”

Spoiler alert: I didn’t.

Life got busy. One thing led to another. I adapted. I ignored the unfinished corners. Eventually, I stopped seeing the cracks altogether.

I told myself, “It’s fine.”
But deep down, I knew it wasn’t finished.
I just got used to living in a version of it that was good enough.

Sound familiar?

The leadership reflection:

Leaders do this all the time.

They move fast. Build quickly. Launch the next big thing.
But somewhere along the way, they stop finishing the job.
The hard conversations? Delayed.
The team development plan? Still in draft.
The vision? Kinda there… but missing door handles.

Instead of finishing the renovation, they decorate the mess.
Instead of pausing to build a real foundation, they move into the next floor.

And just like my flat, they get used to the unfinished version of themselves, their team and their leadership.

So where does this show up in your life?

• That area you keep “tolerating” instead of improving?

• The half-built routine you never solidified?

• The feedback you meant to give—but never did?

• The relationship you’ve settled into autopilot?

Here’s the catch: once we adjust to unfinished, it becomes our new normal.

And excellence never lives in “just good enough.”

A fun challenge for today:

Take one look around your leadership “house.”
Which wall still needs painting?
What habit or process are you “living with” but know you shouldn’t?

Don’t just move in. Renovate.

Love,
Laszlo