Does iteration equal satisfaction?

As I painstakingly update each chapter in my upcoming book, I truly recognize the importance of iteration.

You cannot possibly improve if you do not iterate.

In fact, we do this daily from the mundane tasks to the more important ones.

When we choose what to wear to the office, what we will eat for breakfast, we do it when writing, when planning a project, when cooking a recipe, in fact anything that requires change and improvement.

When writing this article, I googled the definition of iteration:

• to develop (a product, process, or idea) by building upon previous versions using each version as the point of departure for refinements and tweaks.

To be honest I loved this particular definition.

Possibly because I work in the IT space, but I also liked the idea of using the previous version as the first point of reference for the next version.

I started to think about how this reflects in our daily lives.

For me it is present as I tweak my book and work with my editor, who helps me dig down deep as I update it just one more time.

To be honest when you are writing a book, "just one more time" feels endless but I know in my heart it needs to be done.

This is how I have felt as I have navigated the changes in my career.

Sometimes I think, is this enough?

Have I achieved what I wanted?

When I am faced with the prospect of no more iterations in my career, it feels empty somehow.

I have always strived for something more.

Another way of making a difference, adding value, learning more and reaching that elusive point where I look out from the top of the mountain and realize I have achieved what I set out to achieve.

When will I eventually feel satisfied with where I am?

Perhaps iteration and satisfaction aren't too far apart.

Perhaps one leads to the other.

What do you think?

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