To improve is to change. To be perfect is to change often.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Improvement requires change; perfection demands frequent change.
- In plain terms
- To get better you must change; to be perfect you must change often.
- What can you take from it?
- Embrace continual change for growth.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is constant change always beneficial?
- How much change is too much?
Another view
Perfection is arguably unattainable.
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