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> # Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.

[Voltaire](https://quotesby.net/Voltaire)\#50

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## About this quote

What does it mean?Seeking perfection can prevent achieving a good outcome.In plain termsTrying to make something perfect often ruins what was already good.What can you take from it?Done is better than perfect.

### Where it applies

- project management
- creative work
- business strategy

### Putting it to work

- setting realistic goals
- avoiding procrastination
- iterating quickly

### Questions to consider

- When is perfect actually necessary?
- How do you define good enough?

### Another view

Some fields like safety engineering require near perfection.

## More from Voltaire

1. > 'Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer.' Mais toute la nature nous crie qu'il existe; qu'il y a une intelligence supreme, un pouvoir immense, un ordre…

[Permalink to quote \#49](https://quotesby.net/Voltaire/49/ "Permalink to quote 49")
2. > J'aime fort la verite, mais je n'aime point du tout le martyre.

[Permalink to quote \#51](https://quotesby.net/Voltaire/51/ "Permalink to quote 51")
3. > Si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer.

[Permalink to quote \#48](https://quotesby.net/Voltaire/48/ "Permalink to quote 48")

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2. > In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

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3. > Nothing would be done at all, if a man waited till he could do it so well, that no one could find fault with it.

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