Why "good enough" is the whole point of 80/20

Perfectionism is where the 80/20 rule goes to die. And for lawyers, it's usually fear in disguise.

Most people love the idea of the 80/20 rule. Do the 20% of the work that gets 80% of the result. Skip the rest.

Then they sit down to actually do it, and they can’t stop. They keep polishing. They keep adding. The thing that should’ve taken an hour takes four.

That’s not the 80/20 rule failing. That’s perfectionism insidiously overriding it.

The extra work…