If you're not embarrassed when you ship your first version, you waited too long.
Interpretation
It's important to take action and not delay due to fear of imperfection.
This quote by Matt Mullenweg emphasizes the importance of taking initiative and launching projects without overthinking or striving for perfection. If you are overly concerned about how your initial effort will be received, it likely means you have hesitated too long, and true learning and improvement come from putting your ideas into action and refining them over time.
In practice
In a startup meeting to motivate the team to launch their MVP.
One thing about open source is that even the failures contribute to the next thing that comes up. Unlike a company that could spend a million dollars in two years and fail and there's nothing really to show for it, if you spend a million dollars on open source, you probably have something amazing that other people can build on.
Usage is like oxygen for ideas. That means every moment you're working on something without it being in the public it's actually dying, deprived of the oxygen of the real world.
We focus on two things when hiring. First, find the best people you can in the world. And second, let them do their work. Just get out of their way.
The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.
You've got to believe in yourself. ..it really is true, because that's one thing about the Beatles...Man, we believed in ourselves. We knew we were good.
The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.
If you want the Kingdom speeded, go out and speed it yourselves. Only obedience rationalizes prayer. Only Missions can redeem your intercessions from insincerity.
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.
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