To make something good, just do it. To make something great, just redo it, redo it, redo it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them.
Kevin Kelly • 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice
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To make something good, just do it. To make something great, just redo it, redo it, redo it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them.
Kevin Kelly: “To make something good, just do it. To make something great, just re-do it, re-do it, re-do it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them.” Salter said the same thing, telling the Paris Review that he hates the first, inadequate expression of things, that much of the joy is in finding the right words.
ava.substack.com • On Redoing Things
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How do you get from starting small to doing something great? By making successive versions. Great things are almost always made in successive versions. You start with something small and evolve it, and the final version is both cleverer and more ambitious than anything you could have planned.
How to Do Great Work
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Kevin Kelly • Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
Here we find as good a general strategy for balancing obsession and perfectionism as I’ve seen: Give yourself enough time to produce something great, but not unlimited time. Focus on creating something good enough to catch the attention of those whose taste you care about, but relieve yourself of the need to forge a masterpiece. Progress is what ma
... See moreCal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
If you are trying to make something great, you must do the making: That work cannot be outsourced to someone else. You can’t hire your friends to do it for you. There is no firm that can produce a timeless work of art on your behalf for a flat fee.
Ryan Holiday • Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
it’s about finding the germ of a good idea and then making it a great product through feedback and hard work.
Ryan Holiday • Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
If you work harder and look more closely, there's always something you can whittle away. It's when you get to the essence of your idea that you'll have something to be proud of.
Ken Segall • Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success
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