1 | dan taylor

10 de April de 2009 to ● 11:43 am

Absolutely agree. Reminds me of something Steven Sample (USC President) wrote in a book called The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership. One of the ideas that stuck with me is that anything worth doing well is worth doing poorly. That’s not an exact quote, but the idea is that we shouldn’t let the quest for perfection stand in the way of doing what we know is right, even if we can’t execute perfectly.

Here’s the exact quote from the book (Love the search feature in Amazon!)

“When I was a junior in high school one of my teachers said to me, ‘Steve, you are by nature a perfectionist; you never know when to stop making a thing better. So here’s something for you to keep in mind: Anything worth doing at all is worth doing poorly. It may be worth more if it’s done well, but it’s worth something if it’s done poorly.’”

Does a practice need to be “best” or “100 done” to be shared? I say, “No way!” Anything worth doing is worth collaborating in the early stages, just as you’ve suggested.