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Perfectionism – one of the biggest productivity killers in the eng industry
It can cause immense stress and can lead to burnout 🤯 Don't worry, we're sharing our mistakes, so hopefully you'll avoid some!
We may think it’s great to put so much effort into ensuring the result is “perfect”, but at the end of the day, we never finish it and it becomes an endless “work in progress”, which is a big problem. I ask my team, “Am I going in a completely wrong direction here, or should I continue on this path?” Sometimes, I find there’s a simpler solution than my proposal, it’s already explored, or not valuable. Looking back at that time, I could see how I could have progressed much faster if I hadn’t wanted to always make sure that I finished every single tutorial 100%, plus with the mindset of “I shouldn’t miss any second of it”.
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