Episode 7: Perfect Is the Enemy of Done
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Episode 7: Perfect Is the Enemy of Done
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Ernest Hemingway said the first draft of anything is shit. He didn't dress it up. And if the most disciplined writer of his generation needed a bad first draft to get to a good one, the thing you're sitting on right now probably needs the same thing.
This episode takes you to two places you wouldn't expect on a self improvement show. The Apollo 11 moon landing, where the guidance computer was throwing alarms in real time on the most high stakes landing in human history, and a failing podcasting company in 2006 where an engineer pitched an idea so stripped down it was almost embarrassing. That idea became Twitter.
Neither one waited for perfect. Neither one had the option to.
We talk about how perfect quietly turns into not possible right now, why the version of your idea sitting in your head is worth exactly nothing until it exists, and a five step process for shipping the rough version instead of waiting for the flawless one.
This episode connects to the Action pillar of FOPICA, the one pillar that can't stay private and polished. The moment you act, it's real, and it's no longer just yours to perfect alone.
The FOPICA Principle is available now on Amazon in paperback and Kindle.
How Long Do I Wait to Honk? is also available on Amazon.