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Re:What happens when patients find out how good their doctor... by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @07:39AM (#7666263)
The counter-idiom is "Excellence is good enough.". I have used it as a mantra to counter the paralysing need not to act on things unless perfection can be achieved.
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Re:What happens when patients find out how good their doctor... by slackson on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @08:43AM (#7666516)
Iteration is a pretty good way to deal with this, IME. Get it to be serviceable but mediocre ASAP, then continue improving until better marginal benefits can be found elsewhere.
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