If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well.  

That is the sound of the Shudoffs.  The people who tell you what you should do.  Always ready to tell you what to do.  Never ready to help you do it.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well enough to meet your goal.

That is the sound of the Hunters, with backup by the Goodenuffs.  The strategy is so widely known that it has a name:  to satisfice.  It has an author, Herb Simon.  It has a Nobel Prize for Economics (1978).

You can find alternatives to satisficing.  Failure, if result is not good enough. Overwork, if the result is better than needed.  Inaction, if a perfect result seems out of reach.

The key to satisficing, of course, is to know your goal.  That is how you know what well enough means.  That’s why a little effort in knowing your goal is worth a lot of effort in perfecting what you do.

And now for a word from the Wise Guys:

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth knowing why you are doing it.