: Re: When is it a good time to move on to another project? I've seen it mentioned in software development the concept of Fail Early, Fail Often. Using failure as a learning process is important

If you write a book (or whatever) you have to rewrite it several times. Your first draft is shit! Period! There are some jewels buried in this shit and you need a shovel to dig through to them.

It is a good idea, to wait some time after you "finished" a project before revisiting it again. Then you have a clear mind and some distance. You need that to rewrite/edit/tear apart what you have written.

But you should finish a project. If you haven't finished one, you cannot tell when to stop a project and when to go through to the end against all inner forces (laziness mostly) which want to keep you away from what you really want to do.

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: Re: When is it a good time to move on to another project? I've seen it mentioned in software development the concept of Fail Early, Fail Often. Using failure as a learning process is important

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