Wow, tell me more about it. You tried to create your own coffee machine? Or you try to improve the coffee machine you brought?
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Actually, I'm the kind of person who likes to fix things... I have the patience to do it.
One day my coffee machine got clogged, so I looked online for how to open it and fix it. It worked! The coffee came out!
It turns out that when I looked at the coffee flow I thought it could be stronger, wanting perfection (maybe only in my mind). So there I went again to fix something that was already working.
The result: I lost my coffee machine, I broke it! The coffee no longer came out. 😫
“Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien”.
Voltaire
Thanks for taking the time to share your experience.
What would be the end solution then? To stop trying to be perfect and do things without putting attention to detail?
I believe it depends on the situation. There are a few variables. In the case I mentioned, it was a waste of time. Did the coffee maker really need that “performance”? Or was it just my whim?
My solution was to think like a business.🙃🙂
Who are my target customers? Is the deliver is appropriate for my target customer? Or am I overdelivering? And if I am overdelivering, is there a reason? By thinking like this, I try to rationalize my effort, as well as define my priorities.
Still, it’s hard for those who tend toward perfectionism. 😅