If you’re not going to nail it, is it worth doing?

That doesn’t mean doing every little thing perfectly. A rough draft can be rough. A prototype can be ugly. Some work is temporary, some attempts fail, and some steps along the way simply need to get you to the next one.

Those aren’t the home run. They’re part of the at-bat.

The question is whether the larger thing you’re pursuing is worth hitting out of the park.

If it is, then the imperfect steps, mistakes, experiments, and failures all belong. They’re in service of something worth doing exceptionally well.

And if the ultimate goal isn’t worth nailing, maybe the better question is:

Why are you doing it at all?