Delivery and deadlines

In all aspects of life there are always deadlines, things need to be done. In professional life and in Business School the ability to meet deadlines is particularly important because it reflects that the job is being done.

There is an interesting point though, I think there is a trade off between perfection and delivery, and the willingness to deliver something perfect should not interfere with the actual ability to deliver. Seth Godin discusses about this and argues that sometimes is fear what makes people not to deliver under the excuse that the “end product” is not perfect. This is fear to fail.

I would have to agree, especially because I follow the premise of focusing on the 20% work that delivers 80% value and from then on everything is a bonus. There is always room for improvement, so the important thing for me is to deliver first and then to improve.