Nicolas Cole argues that success means hitting zero to one, the first concrete outcome, not chasing endless perfection. Once you ship the first version, that's the win. Everything after is gravy.
This might seem so simple, but I notice this is something that a lot of people really struggle with is the measure for success. When you or the client doesn't have something is you don't have it. Now you have it. You didn't have it. Now I built it for you. Now, if we talk about it, we're talking about it through a lens of you already accomplished the goal. Now everything else is gravy on top versus a different lens, which is I haven't accomplished my goal yet. It's not perfect. It's not perfect. It's not perfect. That's not helpful.
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