Finished is Better than Perfect

In one of the business groups I belong to, a recent message contained the following sentiment:
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> but I have been holding off until I have a “perfect product.”
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This is an easy procrastination trap to fall into.

There is a very fine line to walk here regarding creating a high quality product for release and hanging on until it is *just right/perfect*.

I ask myself whether the changes I want to make:

1) are important to the end user’s experience

2) will have a significant effect on the marketing (such as having a quality picture on the cover)

If the answers to these questions are *No*, then I decide whether the issues I want to change are worthwhile in the long run…

*Perfect* is not a reasonable expectation…

*Extremely High Quality* is a reasonable aspiration! *VeryBigGrin*

My motto for 2007 is *Finished is Better than Perfect*

Does this mean that I am producing poor quality product? Not at all!

What it does mean is that I stop futzing with it, once I have achieved *Extremely High Quality*…

Does it meant that there are some things that I would have preferred to do differently? Sometimes…

I just start a list and apply those points to the next product, and also plan on considering those changes, should it make sense to revise the initial product.

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