Lex DeVille
Sweeping Shadows From Dreams
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One of the many things I've learned from my girlfriend is that there is a big difference in how you do things.
In her architecture and interior design classes they have to make models for projects. One day I am on facetime with her while she is working and one of the window frames cracks. She gets stressed out and when she showed me the crack it didn't seem that bad to me, but it was a big deal to her. So I asked her why and she said because "I want it to be perfect". She had put around 20 hours into this model, there was no cutting corners.
When she arrived at class, some students didn't show up with models at all. When she talked to the students who did bring models, they said "I started mine at 10pm last night" or "I started mine yesterday morning". My girlfriend had started working on hers over a week ago. All of the students and teachers in her classes rave about her work and consider her the standard they should be reaching for, and when you see how much work she puts into the projects it makes sense.
But then they don't put in the work. They just do 'enough'. That isn't enough. If you want to stand out you have to do what other people aren't willing to do. This goes for business and everything in life. Doing what everyone else is doing will get you the same results as them. Be better.
Not sure I agree with this. You've left out key details. It's nice that people enjoyed your girlfriend's creation, but I suspect those who put in just enough still passed the class. Meanwhile they likely experienced less stress and worry over minor details that probably didn't matter anyway. Getting the results you want is what matters. Only those who didn't bring a model really failed, or did they? I don't know. If they still passed then the whole story is kind of a moot point.
I launch things when they're good enough or even when they don't exist yet. Then I work to improve as I go. I'd rather launch with what I've got, do the best I can and work to improve over time based on the feedback I get from the market.
You might stand out if you wait for perfection. But you also might not. And then we also end up with a question of "what is perfect?" Which leads to more and more time wasting and action-faking while trying to make things better, never believing they're quite "good enough."
You only need to be "good enough" to get results. Standing out happens when you work to deliver what the market wants as you grow. So while I do agree that we should strive to deliver the best product we can and to stand out from the crowd, I also think "good enough" is exactly what to aim for when you're getting started.