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The Power of Imperfect Starts

James Clear · jamesclear.com Free Beginner

Clear separates what's optimal from what's actually needed to begin, which is useful when you keep waiting for the landing page to feel ready. It reframes an unfinished-looking page as the correct starting point, not a compromise you're settling for.

  • Setting your bar at 'amazing' makes it nearly impossible to start
  • What's needed to begin is almost always less than what feels optimal
  • Obsessing over getting it right can be procrastination wearing a better outfit
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The question it answers

  1. I keep tweaking the landing page instead of launching. How do I tell polishing from procrastinating?

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