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Ship Ugly

Draft fourteen. You've rewritten the opening six times. The fonts still aren't right. You tell yourself one more pass. That was three months ago. It's still in your drafts. Meanwhile, someone with half your talent shipped something ugly. And it's everywhere. Their version had typos. The design was rough. Nobody cared. They just remembered who showed up. Perfectionism isn't high standards. It's fear in a nice outfit. The fear of being judged. The fear of being seen. Version one teaches you what version two needs. But version two can't exist until version one is out the door. The world doesn't reward the best. It rewards the shipped. Hit publish. Learn in public.

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