Why Perfection Is Killing Your Success! w/ Kim Perell

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 0:52: 70% rule, customer, Marine Corps General, marketing

Notable quotes from "Why Perfection Is Killing Your Success! w/ Kim Perell"

• Waiting to feel 100% ready. You're never going to feel ready. And early on, I learned this rule by Marine Corps General called the 70% rules. You had to make decisions without…

  about Marine Corps General · at 0:02

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Marine Corps General — Person · 1 mention · first at 0:08

Companies & orgs

• United States Marine Corps — Company · 1 mention

Products & tech

• product — Product · 1 mention · first at 0:29
  Able to balance analysis and action. So if I get to 70%, I go. Using that in my website, my product, my marketing, my social media, whatever it was, at 70%.
• website — Product · 1 mention · first at 0:29
  Able to balance analysis and action. So if I get to 70%, I go. Using that in my website, my product, my marketing, my social media, whatever it was, at 70%.

Concepts & topics

• 70% rule — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:15
  General called the 70% rules. You had to make decisions without 100% of the information. And so they use the 70% rule and I was Hey, if you guys are using that, I can use that, too.
• marketing — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:29
  Able to balance analysis and action. So if I get to 70%, I go. Using that in my website, my product, my marketing, my social media, whatever it was, at 70%.
• Social Media — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:31
  If I get to 70%, I go. Using that in my website, my product, my marketing, my social media, whatever it was, at 70%.
• customer — Concept · 1 mention · first at 0:41
  Know if it's going to work till you get to market anyway. So the sooner you can get to see and meet the customer, the better you'll be. And so it gave me a great framework, allowed me to take action with uncertain.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 biggest mistake I think people make is waiting to feel 100% ready. You're never going to feel ready. And early on, I learned this rule by Marine Corps General called the 70% rules. You had to make decisions without 100% of the information. And so they use the 70% rule and I was like, "Hey, if you guys are using that, I I can use that, too." Which gave me a great opportunity to be able to balance analysis and action. So if I get to 70%, I go. Using that in my website, my product, my marketing, my social media, whatever it was, at 70%.

0:34 Anything over that, you're just perfecting it. And you don't actually know if it's going to work till you get to market anyway. So the sooner you can get to see and meet the customer, the better you'll be. And so it gave me a great framework, allowed me to take action with uncertain

Questions about this episode

What is discussed in "Why Perfection Is Killing Your Success! w/ Kim Perell"?

In order: 0:00 70% rule, customer, Marine Corps General, marketing.

What is mentioned in this Young and Profiting episode?

8 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Marine Corps General, 70% rule, marketing, product, website, Social Media. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Why Perfection Is Killing Your Success! w/ Kim Perell"?

The episode runs 1 min; the transcript is about 160 words in 2 timestamped sections.

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