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Re: How do you handle knowing "It Could Be Better"?
Subject:Re: How do you handle knowing "It Could Be Better"? From:PSalese -at- obius -dot- jnj -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 9 Oct 2002 10:48:52 -0600
John, I've been lurking on this list for a couple of months now, and I had
to respond to your post.
I'm sure most of us, at one time or another, have felt the way that you
do. We are writers after all, and we want our work to be "perfect". But
here's the kicker, <perception is reality>. That means we will always (often?) see our product as
needing something else before we consider it "perfect". Our bosses/clients
perception is different. If the product we have agreed to deliver arrives
on time, on budget, with all the bits and pieces labeled and numbered, and
is useful to the stated audience, they will be overjoyed! Our
clients/bosses expect us to deliver the product we have agreed to deliver
~ no more, no less. (Actually, if they can get a bit more out of us for
the same $$, they won't ever complain.) This is a business, not an
artistic endeavor. If your boss says he's happy (which he did from what I
read) than you'll have to be satisfied with that.
If you want project that you can tweak until it's perfect, why don't you
write a book? You could help tws everywhere (you always have such good
advice), and it would satisfy your desire for perfection at the same time.
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