--- title: Perfect is the Enemy of Done description: Entrepreneurial companies never have enough resources to accomplish all of the goals set by its leaders. Because resources are limited, always focus on accomplishing the 20% of the goal that will help you achieve 80% of the result, while remembering that perfect is the enemy of done. image: https://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/stairs.jpg --- - [2020 EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) - Request a Speaker - [Become an EOS Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://eosimplementers.com/) - Contact - [**Login to Base Camp**](https://bc.eosworldwide.com) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [Blog](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog) [MENU](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/perfect-is-the-enemy-of-done#sidr) - What is EOS? - [EOS Model](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-model) - [EOS Process](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-process) - [EOS Toolbox](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-toolbox) - [EOS History & Team](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/eos-story-team) - [EOS Implementers](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/what-is-an-eos-implementer) - Why EOS Works - [Why EOS Works](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/why-eos-works) - [Real World Results](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/testimonials) - [EOS Books](https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-library) - [EOS Tools](https://www.eosworldwide.com/eos-tools) - [Base Camp](https://www.eosworldwide.com/base-camp-overview) - [**Get Started**](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/get-started) - [Find an EOS Implementer](https://www.eosimplementers.com) - [Become an Implementer](https://eosi.eosworldwide.com) - [Contact](https://eosworldwide.hs-sites.com/contact) - [Base Camp Login](https://basecamp.eosworldwide.com) - [Blog](http://blog.eosworldwide.com) - [Request a Speaker](https://www.eosworldwide.com/book-a-speaker) - [2020EOS Conference](https://eosconference.com/) Close ![Header-Placeholder.jpg](https://info.eosworldwide.com/hs-fs/hubfs/eos-blog2.jpg?width=1678&name=eos-blog2.jpg "Header-Placeholder.jpg") ## EOS Worldwide Blog Advice and Insight for Entrepreneurs and Leadership Teams ##### Search the Blog : # [Perfect is the Enemy of Done](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/perfect-is-the-enemy-of-done) Written by[Ed Callahan](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/author/ed-callahan) on June 28, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [EOS](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/eos) [Organization](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/organization) [Process](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/process) [Strategic Planning](https://info.eosworldwide.com/blog/topic/strategic-planning) Every entrepreneurial company, regardless of size, never has enough people, money and time to accomplish all the goals its leaders can envision for it. It's the nature of the beast. Given that resources are always deficient in some way, it's imperative to remember that **perfect is the enemy of done**. EOS® employs the 20/80 rule throughout the system. Focus on accomplishing the 20% that will help you achieve 80% of the result. ## ![Stairway to your goal](https://www.eosworldwide.com/hubfs/stairs.jpg)A Best Practice Leaders who try for perfect tend to keep refining, touching up, worrying that they missed something, testing, retesting, and then testing again. For example, if you don’t have a documented customer service process in place that represents your best practices for achieving customer delight, you are faced with a choice: - **Option 1**: You can spend the next couple of months (quarters, year?) researching other people’s best practices in your industry, deciding which of those to adopt, then writing them up in excruciating detail, proofing them, running them in trials, analyzing the results, redoing some prior steps, running more trials perhaps, and finally implementing them. - **Option 2**: Or you could create your best practices very simply, in a 20/80 rule way, by documenting the major steps in the process at a very high level with a handful of bullets under each step. Then insist that everyone follow them. Finally, modify them, if and when necessary. The same principle can be applied when creating your Scorecard, working on your Rocks, or solving your Issues. Don't get stuck trying to be perfect – some progress is better than no progress at all. It's the forward motion that will propel you towards the results you want to achieve. ## Next Steps - Learn to make decisions faster and better by [downloading a copy of our free eBook, Decide!](https://www.eosworldwide.com/decide-book) - Thinking of implementing EOS in your company? Request a [free 90-Minute Meeting](https://traction.eosworldwide.com/90mm) with an EOS Implementer™ to get an overview of EOS and how it can help you! 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