There's also "Done is better than perfect." That's an important lesson too, when you're doing work that actually needs to be finished at some point.
I'm a major "good enough" person, which is one of the reasons I like collaborating. My "good enough" can work as a starting point to build off of for others.
Partly, this is because I take a very iterative approach to things. I like to get something done and then submit it for feedback, which gives me a new set of things to make "good enough". Eventually, with any luck, we end up with something that's legitimately good.
Certainly work that has deadlines requires a good enough approach at some point. I like your perspective of putting good enough work out there for others as a jumping off point.
reply