<p>We wait for the "perfect" time to "perfectly" complete our precious projects.</p> <ol> <li><span class="highlight">But that precious time never comes, so we don't start until some external consequence scares us into action.</span></li> <li>Then, we start really sucking on the project.</li> <li>Sucking bad.</li> </ol> <p><strong>What we forget:</strong></p> <ol> <li>Kicking ass at some project doesn't take XYZ hours.</li> <li>It doesn't take some miracle moment.</li> <li>It doesn't take crafting a nifty plan.</li> <li>It doesn't take being perfect.</li> </ol> <h2>What does it take?</h2> <p><span class="highlight"><strong>Expending a humongous amount of hours sucking.</strong></span></p> <ol> <li>Until you suck <strong>less</strong>.</li> <li>Then, suck <strong>even less</strong>.</li> <li>Then, suck <strong>even less than that</strong>.</li> <li>(and so on.)</li> </ol> <p><span class="highlight">That mindset drives you to constantly improve every nook-and-cranny of Project ABC for eternity -- as long as you find it still financially smart to do so.</span></p> <h2><strong>Just suck less.</strong></h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> 2008-03-23T17:05:00-07:00 false 617 how-to-complete-dream-projects 0 2009-11-03T18:00:56-08:00