Almost Done Is 100% Not Done

by Hal on August 24, 2006

in PM practice

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Marlon Sanders, the father, the inventor of the two-page website, and one of the more successful online marketers, has three lessons for anyone doing projects.  He says, "People mess up on the really simple stuff."  Here's Marlon's rules of getting it done:

  1. Not done equals no dollars.
  2. Get one project done rather than 99 undone.
  3. Almost done is the enemy of done.

Done is beautiful!

Mitch Myerson, the Guerilla Marketing Coach, has hosted Marlon's 3-minute Getting it Done lesson on his website.  Don't miss it.

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Faisal N. Jawdat August 25, 2006 at 1:21 am

I’d always heard this as an equivalence between “half done” and another short expression starting with “half”.

2 Hal August 26, 2006 at 12:01 am

Marlon’s comments (rant) remind me of way too many things that I’ve started but not quite finished. “Half-xxxed” seems about right!

3 Katie September 1, 2006 at 11:36 am

Hal – I always say ….”so you’re saying you’re half-pregnant?…”

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