How long have you been working on that new project?
Why haven’t you gotten it off the ground? What are you waiting for?
If you’re like many of us, you’re still trying to get it just right. I know I’ve said myself, “I want to get this right the first time around!”
But let me tell you, that is exactly why we have trouble getting those great new projects up and running. It’a all about what one of my mentors, Sean D’Souza, calls The 70% Principal.
So what is the 70% Principle?
It’s simply that if a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing 70% right. You can come back and do the 20% later.
If you’re building a new website, get it 70% right and come back and do the other 20% as you have time.
If you’re creating a new design and don’t have all the products you need, get it 70% as you want it and then add the 20% later.
Even when making a recipe that I found in a magazine, I usually don’t have 100% of the ingredients without making a trip to the grocery store. If you have 70% of the ingredients, make it and substitute for the rest.
I’m not telling you to create a less than good product or a less than perfect website or even a less than what you dreamed of kind of business.
What I am saying is that in our desire for perfection, we frequently never get past the starting line. The website is never built, the new product is never created, and the business is never begun. What I’m saying is get whatever is your best effort out there today and then work on improving it.
Let me explain what I mean. Way back when I first started my website for Creative Gifts To Go, it was a free site on homestead. I didn’t know much about websites but knew that I needed one. I created the best website I could at the time but it wasn’t perfect by any means. As I have learned more about website design, search engine optimization, and marketing, that website has evolved through the years. Today, it is the best I can do today. But it’s still not perfect. And it will continue to evolve as I learn more.
Another example, a number of years ago, members of my GiftBasketNetwork.com asked me to develop a site where they could communicate with each other. I didn’t know much about membership sites at the time but paid someone to create a site on the Joomla platform which I operated for several years. It wasn’t perfect but it was the best I could do at the time and it worked.
The Evolution Continued
Then, unexpectedly the print magazine for our industry, Rave Reviews, ceased to exist and left a great void. I had been a staff writer for the magazine from its very first issue and was asked by members of GiftBasketNetwork to create something to replace it. Research determined that creating a quality print magazine costs lots of money and wasn’t practical with today’s economy where vendors are spending less on advertising. So, I applied the 70% Principal and opted to go the digital route. The result is what you have today — a large information-packed magazine that readers can print out and use as they need to.
Is it perfect? Far from it. Most of us prefer to have a magazine that we can hold in our hands but aren’t willing to pay what it would cost to produce one that has the quality we desire. Will our magazine continue to evolve? Of course. That’s what the 70% Principal is all about. Will it become a print magazine eventually? Not until there is enough monetary support from subscriptions and advertising to allow us to make it a quality magazine that we can be proud of.
Instead of waiting until we had it 100% right, we created the best magazine for our industry that we could at the time and launched it. And we’re still working on, and will continue to work on the other 20%.
One Last Story
The magazine resulted in a desire for more from our readers. I had GiftBasketNetwork and the community that went with it on the Joomla foundation. It was 70% of what I wanted but it needed to evolve. By working with it through the years, I had discovered that the Joomla platform didn’t give me what I needed to create the other 20%.
So rather than working on something that would never be 100%, we went back to the drawing board and created a new community on the ning platform. This was an improvement over the original one but it was still 70% and had problems that we could see in the future. The result is that we launched the best community platform we could at that time and it worked. The activity and participation is great. But there is still that other 20% and still the desire for perfection.
So we’re still evolving. You’ll see announcements in the coming months about where we are headed in our desire for the other 20%.
So, do you see what I am saying?
Any project that is worth undertaking is worth doing 70% right. You can always evolve and fix the 20% later. So if you’ve been planning that next project but have delayed getting it off the ground until you have everything you need to achieve the perfection you desire, don’t wait. Just do it! The other 20% can come as you grow and evolve.
This is great and you do a outstanding job. I appreciate it.
Very neat blog article. Keep writing.
Thank you ever so for you blog.Really looking forward to read more. Really Cool.
Thanks so much for the post.Really looking forward to read more. Much obliged.
Wow!, this was a real quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this too – taking time and real effort to make a good article… but what can I say… I keep putting it off and never seem to get something done
“Thanks for sharing, this is a fantastic blog.Really thank you! Really Great.”
Great Article! Excellent read and informative.
Really appreciate you sharing this blog article.Thanks Again. Great.
“Wow, great blog article. Much obliged.”
I am so grateful for your article.Much thanks again.
“Great, thanks for sharing this blog post.Really looking forward to read more. Will read on…”
Looking forward to reading more. Great blog.Thanks Again. Really Cool.
Do not money to buy a house? Worry no more, just because it’s achievable to take the business loans to solve such kind of problems. So take a secured loan to buy all you want.
Thanks a lot for the blog article.Thanks Again. Fantastic.
Very good blog.Thanks Again. Will read on…
Thanks so much for the blog post.Thanks Again.
Fantastic post.Really looking forward to read more. Will read on…
“Thanks for sharing, this is a fantastic article post.Really thank you! Really Great.”
Looking forward to reading more. Great article post.Really thank you! Cool.
Thanks so much for the article post.Much thanks again. Keep writing.
“Wow, great article post.Thanks Again. Really Cool.”
I cannot thank you enough for the article.Thanks Again. Really Cool.
“Hey, thanks for the blog post.Thanks Again. Cool.”
A big thank you for your blog.Really looking forward to read more. Great.
Very good blog article.Really looking forward to read more. Keep writing.
I am so grateful for your article.Really thank you! Fantastic.
Looking forward to reading more. Great blog post.Much thanks again. Want more.
I think this is a real great blog. Much obliged.
Fantastic article post. Cool.
Thank you for your article post.Really thank you! Great.
smg0sR lmwrbzhtqszc, [url=http://acyxreauauey.com/]acyxreauauey[/url], [link=http://icfjgwedvpsv.com/]icfjgwedvpsv[/link], http://iubvspjoaqhn.com/
I am looking for a competent writer, long time in this area. Excellent article!
I can??t really help but admire your blog site, your site is adorable and nice
Very informative post.Really looking forward to read more. Much obliged.
I think this is a real great article.Really looking forward to read more. Much obliged.
I value the post. Much obliged.
This is one awesome blog post.Thanks Again. Awesome.
I am so grateful for your blog article.Thanks Again. Really Great.
This is one awesome article.Thanks Again. Awesome.
Major thanks for the blog.Really looking forward to read more. Keep writing.
I really liked your blog article.Really looking forward to read more. Will read on…
I really liked your post.Thanks Again. Cool.
I value the article post. Really Cool.
Thanks again for the post.Really looking forward to read more.
I cannot thank you enough for the article.Much thanks again. Fantastic.