When Good Enough is Better Than Perfect
<p><strong>My late father worked as hard as anyone I know</strong> throughout his 85 years on this planet. As a small-business owner, self-taught engineer and hands-on builder of his own manufacturing equipment, he put in long hours and worked weekends when needed, while somehow spending a crazy amount of time racing cars, fishing, water skiing, camping, watching sports, fixing things around the house or just goofing off with his family.</p>
<p>How did he do so much, so consistently, for so long? How was he so insanely productive and full of fun without ever, to my recollection, burning out?</p>
<p>He had a secret weapon. Not an organizing trick. Not a productivity hack. A simple philosophy, a credo, a maxim that he passed on to me, one I feel obliged to share with the world.</p>
<p>When approaching the ho-hum conclusion of some challenging project at work or in the garage or around the house, and the result would serve its purpose well enough — even if it leaned on a little duct tape or otherwise lacked professional polish — Dad would say, simply:</p>
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