In the context of launching a new product:
“1.0 is not all your ideas, it’s simply what made the first cut. Which is one of the most frustrating things about a 1.0 – it’s not *everything* you wanted to do, and you can’t wait to dive back into build more stuff. Always a wild mix of excitement and frustration.” Jason Fried
I find this to be a really interesting way to think about managing the gap between where you are and where you want to be. The goal is to make sure that where you are now is the foundation for where you want to be. You don’t have to get it all right, you just have to get the RIGHT thing right at first.
A couple of questions this sparks for me:
Where are you now and where do you ultimately want to be?
If you had to get there over the course of several “versions”, what would make it into the first one? What would make it into the next?
How do you identify the right first thing?