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My favorite quote on perfectionism and one I often think about, "You know, the whole thing about perfectionism — The perfectionism is very dangerous, because o
by llmblockchain 2y ago
My favorite quote on perfectionism and one I often think about,
"You know, the whole thing about perfectionism — The perfectionism is very dangerous, because of course if your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything. Because doing anything results in … It’s actually kind of tragic because it means you sacrifice how gorgeous and perfect it is in your head for what it really is." - David Foster Wallace
Anyone that has built and shipped something has likely struggled with it. You have a great idea. You build it and it's never as great as it was in your head. You need to ship it anyway, but doing so means getting over that perfectionism. Some can. Most can't.
- jiiam 2y agoThanks, I needed to have this thought formalized. I see now why I have a hard disk full of perfectly architured dead projects, and also why the live ones are never going to be perfect