Building Up to Break Down

Building something knowing you’re going to tear it down sounds counterproductive. But what if it made your next structure greater?

Almost, honestly all of us, never create something perfect the first time we attempt it. This goes for entire businesses to small projects- they’re bound to miss their mark the first couple of times. However for each of those failed attempts we are able to build something greater.

Trial and Error = Success

Trial and Error is really just a nicer way of saying Trial and Failure. To reach the full potential of a project or even see the success we envisioned from the start we’re going to have to tear what we built down or adjust the bricks at some point. By learning from our mistakes and changing the aspects that weren’t what they needed to be at launch we can ultimately, over time, accomplish the vision we had at the start. This long run outlook is not only more practical than a “day one perfection” approach but also one that never truly sees perfection and instead sees endless innovation.

Benefits of Knowing You’re Going to Fail

Knowing you’re probably not going to see instant success with a new project or venture is actually super beneficial. By not focusing on perfection you can save time, launch sooner, and create a long term outlook that’s overall more healthy for growth. We often spend a lot of time trying to create a perfect visualization of how things need to be in line, etc. but that focus can also hold us back. There comes a point in every new project we think of or start where we can’t learn more or really move forward until we just launch.

“ Our greatest accomplishments aren’t made from thin air but rather from the remains of our previous failures.”

Failures don’t have to be complete failures, either. You can still get parts of a project on point but it’s about changing the other structures which have trouble holding up. Launching allows us to get more insight on what we had envisioned from the start, use what we see working to our advantage, and fix what isn’t, repeatedly. None of that would be possible without prior structures, especially the first.

Aim High, You Have More Shots

This is exactly why you should have big goals from the start even when you’re not seeking perfection. Those goals, while might not be obtainable short term, can much more likely be obtained in the long run. Treating projects like this overall increases the success and growth we see with them.

Ultimately, we can sometimes treat projects like we only have one shot. In reality, we have all the time we need. We should acknowledge that and the benefits that come with understanding it’s a long game full of knocking down & building back up. Knowing that we can eventually reach our goals we set at the beginning and obtain the vision we had from the start.