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Harsh Truth: Your quest for perfection is hurting your progress. In Excellent Advice for Living, Kevin Kelly proposes an interesting idea: "When you have 90% of a large project completed finishing the final details will take another 90%." The idea here is that closing out that last 10% of any big project is actually a significantly larger undertaking than anyone anticipates. Many large projects are known for taking just as long to get through the final details as they did to get through the bulk of the actual work. Marc Randolph, the co-founder of streaming giant Netflix, recently commented on his own adaptation of the 90% Rule: The example he uses is around Netflix's early decision to not ship DVDs to Canada, writing, "we reasoned that even though it seemed like low-hanging fruit in terms of revenue, dealing with different currencies, languages, and other complications would serve as more of a distraction than a net positive." Concluding the point, Randolph says, "You have to recognize that what looks like low hanging fruit rarely is...Freeing yourself up from worrying about all that lets you allocate more time and attention to the important stuff." I'd distill these thoughts down to a single idea: Good enough is often the optimal solution. Ambitious, high-achieving people are more likely to get caught up in the perfection of that last 10% (which takes another 90% according to Kelly) than accept the good enough outcome and move on to the next important thing. Training yourself to identify when perfection is getting in the way of your goals is a key skill to develop—in business as much as in life. So, where are you allowing perfection to slow your progress? *** If you enjoyed this or learned something, share it with others and follow me @SahilBloom for more in future.