Do Good Enough to Get Clear
- Nuri Dimler
- Nov 17
- 2 min read
This week, let's rise together above the fog of analysis paralysis.
Today, during a morning perusal for something new to learn, I came across a video from Ruri Ohama about how intelligence can hold us back. Critical thinking urges us to constantly learn, prepare, and strategize to define the best plan for the desired outcomes.
However, this is a trap because the more knowledge you gain in a specific area, the more variables you will feel compelled to evaluate. Constant learning breeds perpetual analysis.
Aristotle reminds us: "The more you know, the more you know you don't know." 🤓
And we all know action on a half-cooked plan beats inaction on a perfect plan every time. 🔥
I have also seen analysis paralysis overcomplicate problems and cloud the obvious.
I recall a project early in my career that quickly became a business crisis due to daily production losses. My colleague and I asked the same question for weeks during meetings and were told it had been analyzed, verified, and measured by experts to be correct countless times before. Our management became annoyed by our persistence.
Our frustration finally pushed us to test our theory during a planned downtime. When we slightly modified the set-point for the machine, the problem immediately disappeared. Analysis never revealed what action proved in seconds. We were admonished by the line leader for touching the machine, praised by the operators for solving the issue, and our management took the credit. 😔😎
That experience taught me I would rather be scolded for acting than praised for overthinking. I am forever grateful because developing that bias toward action led to many future breakthroughs in my career.
Doing is the key to rising above the clouds of paralysis. Critical thinking should focus your action, not block it.
I have been in countless meetings throughout my 25-year career where the next step offered was to plan another meeting rather than pick up the phone, walk the floor, or visit the store. Action, no matter how small, will always accelerate progress.
We can apply the same approach personally. The best way to be clear on our ideas, career interests, and business models is to test them. We should see ourselves as scientists for our own journey. We investigate, test, and define our direction from the results. Doing doesn't have to be a global launch; it can be an idea pitched to a friend, a small consumer feedback session, or a hand-built prototype. Do good enough to get clear.
✅ This week, know that your current plan and the strategy you have been refining for months is good enough. The learning never stops. The best way to accelerate progress is to start doing. Action cuts through the fog of overthinking and makes your gifts visible. 🤓
As with the Golden Trifecta, Love and Service have no impact on the world without Action. 💛
© Nuri Dimler 2025