Perfection is the champion of failure. I don’t know where I heard that, but it is so true. It is what keeps good ideas from being tried.
But more importantly, when you start early you don’t have time to get something perfect and you will need to make small changes and try again. Perfection is an illusion and those who believe it can be attained do themselves and others a disservice holding onto that belief. Earlier I wrote about thinking big and starting small. That applies here too.
When you launch early you are starting small, simple, and with a limited hypothesis. That’s a lot easier than trying to have everything worked out and not being able to figure out what went wrong with a complex idea. When you launch early you get the idea out and receive exposure for it and if it does produce value you are helping others. Now you have others who can help you make your basic idea better the next time you try it. That’s iteration. Do it over and over again. It is where the saying “Practice makes perfect” comes from.
This process looks for improvement and positive change, not perfection. And the sooner you get started the sooner some positive change will happen. So start today, and improve tomorrow.
