Prolificity!

Producing in large quantities and with great frequency. When I read this definition, something struck me. Most of us are never-say-die perfectionists.

Being perfect in whatever you do is great. We wouldn't want to produce, or be associated with anything of mediocre value, but come to think of it, how perfect can something really be? 


You can edit, and edit, work and work on a single project, but, over time, the law of diminishing returns set in. More input will not result to better product, but may, in fact, result in less quality.

So, I advocate prolificity. Be prolific. When you do something to at least, 70% quality, move on to the next one you may, of course, over time review your product to ensure optimal standards, but you do not dwell on it. You move on to the next project.

Just imagine if a company were to spend 10 years designing a product. All things being in place, you would expect the 10 year old product to be superior to, say, a 2 year old product, giving that all factors are equal. But, on the long run, if a company can put in all resources and get ready a product in 2 years, why put in more, more resources. It doesn't maximize gains.

All products have flaws. There is nohow you can find out all of the flaws before you release the products. Some of them have to be found out by the end-users. All great companies know and work with this idea. They do their best according to internationally acceptable standards, and then leave the rest for future modifications. That is why products have newer versions. To meet up to new knowledge. To fix problems not noticed in the previous version.

There's only one thing man has a limited amount of, and that is time. Don't waste tons of it perfecting something, when you can use that time to produce 5 more things.

Be prolific...