The story comes from Art and Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland.
Picture a pottery class split in two.
– Group A must craft one perfect pot in thirty days.
– Group B must turn out a new pot every day for the same month.
Thirty days later the teacher lines up the work.
Every pot worth talking about comes from Group B. The quantity crowd.
The perfection team delivers pieces that look stiff and overworked.
Why?
Repetition beats planning. Each fresh lump of clay is a lesson.
Too thin. Too heavy. Rim crooked.
You feel the mistake then fix it on the next attempt. Fear of imperfection fades because another chance is only a day away.
This lesson is bigger than clay. Spending a month polishing one blog post. One landing page. One product demo. It feels safe.
It is not.
You freeze progress chasing flawless work that no customer has seen.
Put volume first.
Write daily and publish. Ship micro features and watch users react. Record short demo videos until the pitch flows. Quantity does not dilute quality.
Quantity breeds it. Each cycle gives feedback. Feedback sharpens instinct. Instinct produces work worth keeping.
Want better output. Make more of it.
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