The best reason to not cut corners:
If you didn't get the response you were hoping for, how can you know if it was because your idea was bad vs. you cut corners?
There is a tension; the longer you remain committed to a single cause of greatness, the more incapable you become of being good enough at everything else.
From Christopher Alexander foreword to Richard Gabriel's "Patterns Of Software":
In my life as an architect, I find that the single thing which inhibits young professionals, new students most severely, is their acceptance of standards that are too low. If I ask a student whether her design is as good as Chartres, she... See more
At VidSummit today, @MrBeast told @ColinandSamir that his six-person thumbnail team makes around 20 different versions per video. They plan what the thumbnail will be BEFORE they film the video. He also sends versions to close friends to measure which one to use #VidSummit2022