When I am clearer, I will start. It sounds responsible. But waiting to be ready means doing nothing. Without action there is no learning. A trap built with the best intentions.
Good as the enemy of great becomes an excuse not to start. Nobody reasons it explicitly, but that is what happens. The director who only measures mistakes creates agents who avoid risk. The team stops trying new things.
The solution is not motivation. It is changing what you measure: alongside results, measure attempts. An agent who is learning can show progress even before closings arrive. Progress over perfection. The only path that works.