At the planning stage of any project or business the temptation is to "get it right" and that is not a bad thing. Yet a better approach is to get it half right or three quarters right.

The problem with working on it till it's right before you start is that you never get there. Very few businesses have ever been perfect at day one or even later! In fact some never get there. Yet that doesn’t stop them being outrageously successful while constantly looking for ways to improve along the way.

Many years ago my youngest daughter started a business in "on-line training programmes". All the computers were purchased, the venue was big enough to cope with growth, all the staff was hired, all the software had been developed and tested extensively. Only one problem - there were no orders! By the time she received some orders the business had run out of cash and she went broke.

It would have been far better to start while things were being developed and built the business as the orders came in.

When I was building BNI in Australia we grew at a phenomenal rate. In one year we were the fastest growing country in the world and the next year the 2nd fastest. It was one he'll of a ride with things falling off along the way. Mistakes were made aplenty. However, we went back later and fixed them but did not stop at the time. Had we done so we never would have achieved that rate of growth.

Many of the worlds most successful entrepreneurs have failed many times before they succeeded. Richard Branson is one notable businessman who epitomizes this philosophy.

So my question is - are you trying to be perfect or are you just getting on with things and going back later to correct the small details?