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Perfectionism isn’t about quality. It’s about judgment.
One of the most common failure patterns I see with smart, capable people is perfectionism.
Weeks tweaking setups.
Months “learning” before launching.
Hours agonising over details that don’t matter yet.
On the surface, it looks like high standards.
But after watching this play out again and again, the pattern is clear.
Perfectionism usually isn’t about wanting your work to be excellent.
It’s about worrying what other people will think about your work.
Those two things feel similar. They aren’t.
If it was really about quality, you’d ship, get feedback, and improve.
Instead, perfectionism delays exposure.
Because once it’s out there, it’s no longer hypothetical.
Anyone who says: “I don’t care what people think, I just want it to be high quality”
Usually isn’t being fully honest with themselves.
Fear of judgment is doing the driving.
“Excellence” is just the justification.
So what actually breaks the loop?
You ship things you’re not fully comfortable with.
On purpose.
You send the thing at 80%.
You post the version with rough edges.
You let it be slightly embarrassing.
Not because sloppy work is the goal.
But because iteration only happens after exposure.
The current market doesn’t reward the most polished people.
It rewards the people who:
Get moving early
Ship fast
Adjust in public
Every operator you admire did exactly that.
They didn’t wait to feel ready.
They moved, then refined.
“If you’re not embarrassed by the first version, you launched too late.”
If you’ve been sitting on something waiting for it to feel ready…
It probably already is.
What are you currently holding back because you don’t want to be judged for it?
Progress starts the moment you stop protecting your image.
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Perfectionism isn’t about quality. It’s about judgment.
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