{"id":258,"date":"2017-10-16T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyricwell.com\/blog\/?p=258"},"modified":"2024-11-16T20:56:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T01:56:47","slug":"done-is-better-than-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lyricwell.com\/blog\/done-is-better-than-perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"Done Is Better Than Perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Release an album or song knowing you can do better, and will next time.<\/p>\n<p>Publish your book, even though it doesn&#8217;t have the perfect cover.<\/p>\n<p>Put out your most recent blog post, even though it doesn&#8217;t have 300 words or more.<\/p>\n<p>Share your art, even though the shadows aren&#8217;t quite right.<\/p>\n<p>Decide when it&#8217;s done and put it out there, knowing you can tweak it as you get feedback.\u00a0We need to see what you&#8217;ve got.<\/p>\n<span class='bctt-click-to-tweet'><span class='bctt-ctt-text'><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Flyricwell.com%2Fblog%2Fdone-is-better-than-perfect%2F&#038;text=Done%20is%20better%20than%20perfect&#038;related' target='_blank'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Done is better than perfect <\/a><\/span><a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Flyricwell.com%2Fblog%2Fdone-is-better-than-perfect%2F&#038;text=Done%20is%20better%20than%20perfect&#038;related' target='_blank' class='bctt-ctt-btn'rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Share on X<\/a><\/span>\n<p>&#8220;Polished perfect isn&#8217;t better than perfect, it&#8217;s merely shinier. 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