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by alex-mohr 1571 days ago
Perfectionism is too short a label, and could be one or many of multiple underlying issues. Ultimately, you seem aware of the tendency, so ask yourself: why can't I do "good enough" and move forward?

Maybe the fear of actually doing something outweighs the costs of not doing it under the guise of making it better? Maybe something else?

I found Bezos's thoughts on decision making useful: understand if the decision is a two way door, and if so, move forward with 70% of the data you wish you had. Or 70% of the product, implementation, whatever.

See e.g. https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/2016-letter-to...