We must never accept shoddy work – it doesn’t make any sense to make something not as good as it should be. But we are always making things that are not as good as they could be, because if we have unlimited time and unlimited money of course we would make something differently.
But we don’t have unlimited time, and we don’t have unlimited money, and we must interact with the market.
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“Here, I made this. No it’s not perfect, but maybe it met spec. And maybe my spec is exactly what you needed.”
Seth Godin – Akimbo – The Pursuit of Perfection
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