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Do away with perfection. It\u2019s a curse. Innovation is messy. Be messy, launch soon, do more, do NOT hibernate.Yeah, it\u2019s all good advice until unless you start a side project yourself. Engineer you are, you get back to what you do, you start solving problems. Even those, that are only in your head.<\/section>\n
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That\u2019s pretty much what I have been doing a lot lately. I fight perfection every day. I fight it like it\u2019s my biggest enemy. It has caused me to work on a WordPress product for more than two years. Ahh! The story for another day.<\/p>\n

A WordPress premium theme, that still awaits to see the light of day. I hope to launch it sometime soon\u00a0at the end of this year \u2014 since, for whatever reason, I have lost interest in it. I have lost hope in being able to complete it soon.<\/p>\n

\u2705\u00a0I am also building a course platform and launching a few online courses. Soon (I hate that word by now).<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd14\u00a0Does that happen to you too? I am sure I am not alone!<\/p>\n

Tell me about it?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do away with perfection. It\u2019s a curse. Innovation is messy. Be messy, launch soon, do more, do NOT hibernate.Yeah, it\u2019s all good advice until unless you start a side project yourself. Engineer you are, you get back to what you do, you start solving problems. Even those, that are only in your head. That\u2019s pretty much what I have been doing a lot lately. I fight perfection every day. I fight it like it\u2019s my biggest enemy. It has caused me to work on a WordPress product for more than two years. Ahh! The story for another day. 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