If I continue to keep tight control over every aspect of every project, then I need to accept my business will only be able to achieve a finite level of growth. There are only so many hours in my day, and I’ve made a commitment to spend a reasonable number of them with my family, friends and sleeping.

As mothers and business women we put so much pressure on ourselves to get it right all the time, to be Little Miss Perfect. It feels like if we fail at anything, we are letting down all the other women who are trying to appear as if they have it all under control. When, in reality, we are all balancing everything in a fragile equilibrium.

Perfection is an interesting concept. When I was at school phrases like ‘practice makes perfect’ were bandied about. A perfect score was what you aimed for. Perfection was the ultimate sign of success. My understanding of perfection has changed over the years.