Sometimes, Good Enough is Good Enough
Posted by Michael | Posted in Church | Posted on 28-09-2009
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This is going to fly in face of many common assumptions, and especially for all of us who have excellence somewhere within our core values.
But sometimes, our commitment to excellence could get in the way of actual ministry. Sometimes, a simple blog will do the trick, and we could find a better use for that $3,000 we were going to spend on web design. Sometimes you don’t need HD…you just need the video. I know everyone else is using HD, but in our setting, it won’t make much difference.
Sometimes, what we would label an 8, viewers might consider a 10. We’ll agonize, complain and spend our way towards those extra two points, but they aren’t going to make much of a difference. That energy and money is best used somewhere else.
I am for excellence, and I am a HUGE believer in paying attention to the details. But I refuse to let excellence become a crutch.
amen, i agree. I decided in College that I didn’t care to make straight As, I just wanted to learn a lot and make great friends. Priorities, Priorities.
Great article on this in a recent Wired magazine where they analyze things that quality wise are a 6-7 but in convenience of use and shareability are a 10 (think flip cam, etc). They call it “the crapificiation of everthing” but they mean it in a good way. Less features, better ease of use. Less pixels, easier to fly up to youtube or vimeo. Sometimes we need to allow a lower a quality if it increases convenience and shareability. (That last sentence was hard for me to type b/c I am a quality nut).