Young Internet Tycoon On Perfection Procrastination

I am going to start this blog post telling you about one of my favorite video game series.  The Gran Turismo series is an extremely popular racing game for Sony consoles.  The first one came out on the original Playstation and the 5th one will come out on the Playstation 3.  They are phenomenal games but they are also known for one other thing, taking a looooooong time to develop.

Polyphony Digital are absolute perfectionists.  Their games usually contain hundreds of cars which are 100% accurately modeled.  The new game is supposed to have over 1000 cars.  They handle, look, and sound like their real life counterparts.  Kazunori Yamauchi, director of the games and head of Polyphony Digital, loves cars and his games show that.  That dedication is almost a fault because they say a game will come out on a date and it might not come out for another year or two.

I appreciate the work they put into the games but it is frustrating waiting for them to come out.  They are the poster child for perfection procrastination.  If you look at everything you do and wait until it is perfect to finish it, you are wasting time.  Other things that need to get done get pushed back when a project which should have been completed still lingers.

The difference between Polyphony and us as entrepreneurs is that Sony pays them huge money to develop the games.  It gets pushed back but Sony still pays them because they know the reward will come when it is released.  As entrepreneurs we don't have that sort of luxury.  If you do not act fast then your competitor will and all will be lost.  If you are standing still you are actually moving backwards.

Being a perfection procrastinator can be a very dangerous thing.  Many people might not think they are one because unlike what people normally think of procrastinators, they usually work diligently.  Next time you are righting a blog post or creating an ad make sure to get it done as quickly as you can.  Of course you do no want to release unfinished products or rush jobs, but at the same time you don't need to channel Robert Frost to write an ad.

There is no time to waste.  Succeed with Massive Imperfect Action.

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Keep on moving forward everyone.