“Done” Is Better Than Perfect: The Power Of Publishing In High-Volume

Quit overthinking and start publishing. Overcome perfectionism by taking action.

Biliz Maharjan
3 min readNov 5, 2023

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What do you think about when you write an article?

What is your end goal?

Most writers think about the results and how readers would react. They think about views, comments, claps, and shares.

Because of this thinking, some feel insecure about their writing. They overthink the idea and topic. Will people be interested in what I have to say?

This overthinking leads to the fear of publishing. Writers keep themselves from putting out more work. They only do so after they gain confidence that their ideas have value or meaning.

Even if their articles have a good message to the readers, they overthink and stop themselves from publishing.

Work to publish

Jack Conte, the CEO of Patreon, talks about “working to publish” in one of his YouTube videos.

He shows examples of people (his heroes) who finish so many things; it’s unbelievable.

Freddie Wong: 231 videos. Irving Berlin: 1500 songs. Ella Fitzgerald: 84 albums. Zack Weinersmith: 3000 comics. Rob Has a Podcast…

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Biliz Maharjan

I write about self-improvement, creativity, and writing. Join 1000+ creators and thinkers for weekly notes: bilizmaharjan.com/subscribe