5harathFounding Growth Lead, Willow Voice

The importance of communication - Sarah Peck, Undefeated Underdogs #shorts

16 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this short talk, the speaker emphasizes the need to communicate more frequently and overcommunicate rather than striving for perfection. They point out that many people become overly concerned with delivering a perfect product, likening it to building an MVP but then obsessively polishing minor details—such as spending excessive time on a favicon. The speaker argues that this perfectionist mindset delays release and adds little value, suggesting a simpler approach like using a generic gray circle instead of over‑refining trivial elements.

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We want to communicate more often than we think. Mm-hmm. We want to overcommunicate. Let's see, what are some of the problems that I see? I think people think it has to be perfect and they get really worked up. Oh, I've got to deliver this the perfect way. And it's kind of like building an MVP, except you end up building a product and you're trying to like make it perfect and you end up polishing the— you're like spending days on the favicon. You know, you're sitting days and days and days on this, you're like deep into the favicon and you're just afraid of releasing it and it's like no one cares. Use a generic gray circle.