I don't ever expect perfection from me or anyone else; it's unattainable and limitint to seek it. Continuous improvement is a more satisfactory goal.
We all go off the rails and if it works then fair enough. In some things but can be advantageous and in some things not. It depends what's at stake.
LOL... I can't say it works, but sometimes it just is.
We all find our way off our choosen paths at some stage, it's what we do there, what we learn and how we apply that, which matters right?