Getting it right the first time
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Getting it right the first time
Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time.
Derek Sivers • On Writing Well - by William Zinsser | Derek Sivers
“You’re not going to get the system just right the first time around. It’s not going to be perfect the second or third time, either. But don’t get discouraged. Persevere.
John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
You are at the frontier, literally trying to make something that does not exist yet, and you will be wrong a lot on the way to figuring out what your customers want. As long as you are working toward being right through processization, you only have to be right once.
Sahil Lavingia • The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less
Being incremental wins every time vs. trying to get everything right off the bat.