There is a saying – “shipping beats perfection”
What this means its better to have a working product with flaws, than having a perfect non-working product, or thing. Its commonly used in the technology world. We might call it “working out loud” in the L&D space.
Perfectionism can also be a form of procrastination and a way of avoiding fears. I know i’ve done both.
Saying “its not right yet” is fine if you have feedback from others that its not, but what about if its just your own thoughts? Has someone told you its not good enough, or are you setting good standards, or too high standards? Does it matter?
Personally, I think we can all learn to “ship” knowing that we’ll get some comments about flaws, but with the belief that for some people what they receive will be good enough (and hopefully, for some it will be perfect) and this way we learn.
But what do you think?
Blake
