Perfect Vs. Good Enough
Why perfectionism is expensive, argued through diminishing returns and opportunity cost.
- Perfect Vs. Good Enough
Perfectionism served me well until it didn't. On why the drive for perfect is installed early, and why getting off that ride is harder than getting on.
- Perfect Vs. Good Enough: Diminishing Returns
Is the extra 2.5 hours worth two percentage points? Applying diminishing returns not to production, but to how leaders spend their time.
- Perfect Vs. Good Enough, Opportunity Cost
Good enough is not mediocre. It's good work that accounts for everything else you gave up to get there — and for leaving at a decent hour.