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Done > Perfect: Embrace Your Partial Solutions

October 2, 2026 · 19 min

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When you can’t do the ideal, but you can still do something, what’s the good-enough version? That’s the partial solution. Sounds simple, but it’s really hard to enact.

This episode embodies a partial solution because it’s a departure from the usual episodes. But done > perfect, every time.

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