September 30, 2005

The greatest enemy of a good plan is...

A post on John Koetsier's blog reminded me of a great quote I read once.

It's from Karl von Clausewitz and runs as follows: "The greatest enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan."

I often catch myself dreaming of the perfect plan when I should be executing the good plan. Nothing wrong with perfect but it can't get in the way of getting something good done!

Posted by Boone at September 30, 2005 06:03 PM
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The other interesting thing about Simpler's process is that perfection is the last of their 6 steps, "because you're never finished."

Sounds a lot like software development, huh?

Posted by: John Koetsier at September 30, 2005 07:57 PM