On Drawing, Perfectionism, and Getting Feedback Fast
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I'd only been using my Galaxy Note for note-taking, but recently I started drawing.
The image above was meant to express a snowman's longing while gazing at the city, but somehow it ended up looking like AI-generated art.
Still, my skills are gradually improving and I managed to express about 60% of what I envisioned, so I'm fairly satisfied.
The story I want to tell today is similar in context.
A friend I hadn't seen in a while recently asked me:
"How did you acquire that kind of knowledge when it's not even your major?"
What my friend meant was: how did I gain knowledge in a fraction of the time that takes others 4 years of school plus several years of real-world experience?
I knew the answer to this clearly, so I replied:
"Do your absolute best within the given time, then put it out there and let people criticize you."
My friend laughed at this, saying it sounded like nonsense. But the statement above is genuinely my first principle when planning and executing anything.
Rather than chasing perfection, if you implement the maximum level of detail you can within the given timeframe and expose it to people, many experts will give you feedback. By researching or improving based on that feedback, you can advance extremely efficiently.
However, some people quickly interpret "don't obsess over perfection" as "it's fine to be sloppy."
Generally, the future is very uncertain for people like that.
Let me summarize what I really want to say:
"Please, don't be sloppy!"