Embrace the "Managed Perfectionism" of Top Entrepreneurs
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Yes—the world's most successful entrepreneurs are mostly absolute perfectionists. If they are founders of a hotel chain, they just might delay the opening of a new property for two months if the marble they ordered for the restaurant is not the precise color. If they are a tech company founder, they’ll insist on getting the product to Mona-Lisa-level exquisiteness before it’s released (Steve Jobs wanted the icons on the iPhone to be so magical users would want to lick them). If they are enter...
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