It’s that time of the year when the phone auto-pauses charging at 80%.
It usually seems no big deal. 80% is still great.
However, by the end of the day, the phone’s battery is abysmally low, and then you realise the power of the last 20%.
Our projects are like that too. It is easy to get to the 80% mark. Looks good. But the final 20% is where magic happens, which is where most people stop.
The 20% effort to edit your work before sending it out.
The 20% effort to see if all parts of the system are working out fine.
The 20% effort to have the empathy to understand, that the person you are speaking about: would they be happy to know you are speaking about them?
It is the final 20% where the win lies. It is the final 20% where we win our own lies.