Comments on: Perfect is the Enemy of the Good (or Great) http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2009/02/18/perfect-is-the-enemy-of-the-good-or-great/ Handmade Software Experiences Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:31:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tomasz Stasiuk http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2009/02/18/perfect-is-the-enemy-of-the-good-or-great/comment-page-1/#comment-60858 Tomasz Stasiuk Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:57:15 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/?p=2005#comment-60858 So true and applicable in most businesses. I've heard Merlin Mann say this many times and there is a great Seth Godin video on Merlin's site kungfugrippe . com where Seth talks about the need to ship product! When you run out of time or out of budget: SHIP IT! Successful businesses ship product and iterate. Basically: start, finish, and get better. Being a perfectionist is a hinderance if it stops you from ever being done. So true and applicable in most businesses. I’ve heard Merlin Mann say this many times and there is a great Seth Godin video on Merlin’s site kungfugrippe . com where Seth talks about the need to ship product! When you run out of time or out of budget: SHIP IT!

Successful businesses ship product and iterate. Basically: start, finish, and get better. Being a perfectionist is a hinderance if it stops you from ever being done.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2009/02/18/perfect-is-the-enemy-of-the-good-or-great/comment-page-1/#comment-60218 Aaron Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:15:28 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/?p=2005#comment-60218 Great little story. So, so, true... I find myself saying 'execution trumps idealism' or 'trumps perfection' very, very often... Great little story. So, so, true… I find myself saying ‘execution trumps idealism’ or ‘trumps perfection’ very, very often…

]]> By: Andrew http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2009/02/18/perfect-is-the-enemy-of-the-good-or-great/comment-page-1/#comment-60183 Andrew Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:29:07 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/?p=2005#comment-60183 Fundamentally people learn by doing. The Scientific American article "The Expert Mind" (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-expert-mind) is a fascinating look at what it takes to become an expert. It has nothing to do with a "gift" or anything like that but instead people become experts by continually attempting tasks that are just outside of their reach. Fundamentally people learn by doing. The Scientific American article “The Expert Mind” (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-expert-mind) is a fascinating look at what it takes to become an expert. It has nothing to do with a “gift” or anything like that but instead people become experts by continually attempting tasks that are just outside of their reach.

]]> By: laurent http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2009/02/18/perfect-is-the-enemy-of-the-good-or-great/comment-page-1/#comment-60182 laurent Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:17:50 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/?p=2005#comment-60182 what a brilliant simple example - and what a great reminder for all of us. thx what a brilliant simple example – and what a great reminder for all of us. thx

]]> By: Kat http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2009/02/18/perfect-is-the-enemy-of-the-good-or-great/comment-page-1/#comment-60181 Kat Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:53:14 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/?p=2005#comment-60181 I have thrown many, many pots and can confirm this story is true. It is a continual lesson you are reminded of when faced with that "pile of dead clay". When you throw a pot, there becomes a critical point where the clay becomes too wet. During the process, most early students continue adding water while carefully spinning and making just a few more improvements... I have seen hundreds of vessels lost to final and desperate tweaks. Beautiful and perfectly functional work becomes simply a blob of wet dirt. Great post! I have thrown many, many pots and can confirm this story is true. It is a continual lesson you are reminded of when faced with that “pile of dead clay”. When you throw a pot, there becomes a critical point where the clay becomes too wet. During the process, most early students continue adding water while carefully spinning and making just a few more improvements… I have seen hundreds of vessels lost to final and desperate tweaks. Beautiful and perfectly functional work becomes simply a blob of wet dirt.

Great post!

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