I often suffer from the 3 "P's" Perfectionism...leads to procrastination...which leads to paralysis. My site is up but I don't publish it yet because it is 80% there. I don't pay for advertising yet or have affiliates send me traffic because it is only 80% there... If it was 98% there, I would, but I feel my 80% is really 50% and needs to improve...THAT IS where I suffer! Perfectionism! I have a product that sells itself (I sell original girly film that was used to make men's magazines from the 60's to 90's). Show them the girls and they bid or they don't ... simple. But I don't want to sell a Uschi Digard for $10 when I can get $100 bucks for it.
I break it into Phases: Phase 1, have the auction site working (that is done). Phase 2, have it be make an offer (private auction) I want this to be my way of selling collectibles initially (not done - I have to design it and pay to have it done). Phase 3, have a print server up where people can buy prints. Phase 4 have a signup page for each of these so when a person signs up for auctions they automatically sign up for prints (this way affiliates get paid for both auctions and print referrals). Phase 5, find an affiliate software to keep track. and the list goes on and on... What happens is I look at the whole thing and simply become overwhelmed... paralyzed.
80% good enough rule is likely the perfection rule in all. The sequence of discovery goes like Big Bang, Application, and Perfect-Fit. The Big Bang masterplan must be far distance from the Perfect-Fit. It has to be that way. Let the mass specialists come in to make the Perfect-Fit work ( the last 20% in the 80% good enough). That is the way to work better and smarter, not harder.
In the late 1980s the Secretary of Transportation, Elizabeth Dole, demanded zero defects in transportation. An FAA inspector came out to the flight school where I worked and grounded all the training aircraft because a piece of cosmetic plastic was missing from each. It was flimsy, non functional, with no impact on airworthiness, and the part was no longer in production. Stupid is as stupid does.
I'm not sure where you came up with the 80%, probably from the 80-20 rule, which, roughly stated, says that we want to be focused on the 20% of effort that gets us 80% of total results. In any case, as you noted, with time and practice, 20% of the effort may get as high as 98% of the results. As a TDD subscriber, I will agree that typos do slip in, but they almost never impede understanding, and as long as the meaning is clear, I do not more than notice them and move on. When our objectives are met, move on.
I often suffer from the 3 "P's" Perfectionism...leads to procrastination...which leads to paralysis. My site is up but I don't publish it yet because it is 80% there. I don't pay for advertising yet or have affiliates send me traffic because it is only 80% there... If it was 98% there, I would, but I feel my 80% is really 50% and needs to improve...THAT IS where I suffer! Perfectionism! I have a product that sells itself (I sell original girly film that was used to make men's magazines from the 60's to 90's). Show them the girls and they bid or they don't ... simple. But I don't want to sell a Uschi Digard for $10 when I can get $100 bucks for it.
I break it into Phases: Phase 1, have the auction site working (that is done). Phase 2, have it be make an offer (private auction) I want this to be my way of selling collectibles initially (not done - I have to design it and pay to have it done). Phase 3, have a print server up where people can buy prints. Phase 4 have a signup page for each of these so when a person signs up for auctions they automatically sign up for prints (this way affiliates get paid for both auctions and print referrals). Phase 5, find an affiliate software to keep track. and the list goes on and on... What happens is I look at the whole thing and simply become overwhelmed... paralyzed.
Al Cheech
I love this so much! I struggle a lot with perfectionism in my work and you are right, it does lead to much lower pay!
Where do you teach finance? I thought you taught writing in college?
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80% good enough rule is likely the perfection rule in all. The sequence of discovery goes like Big Bang, Application, and Perfect-Fit. The Big Bang masterplan must be far distance from the Perfect-Fit. It has to be that way. Let the mass specialists come in to make the Perfect-Fit work ( the last 20% in the 80% good enough). That is the way to work better and smarter, not harder.
In the late 1980s the Secretary of Transportation, Elizabeth Dole, demanded zero defects in transportation. An FAA inspector came out to the flight school where I worked and grounded all the training aircraft because a piece of cosmetic plastic was missing from each. It was flimsy, non functional, with no impact on airworthiness, and the part was no longer in production. Stupid is as stupid does.
Enjoyed this one v much
I'm not sure where you came up with the 80%, probably from the 80-20 rule, which, roughly stated, says that we want to be focused on the 20% of effort that gets us 80% of total results. In any case, as you noted, with time and practice, 20% of the effort may get as high as 98% of the results. As a TDD subscriber, I will agree that typos do slip in, but they almost never impede understanding, and as long as the meaning is clear, I do not more than notice them and move on. When our objectives are met, move on.
Great essay!
Hear,hear :)