Perfection is unattainable. You're never going to get something that's perfect, done. Not with your budget. Not with your timeframe. Not so that you can test it to see if that's what people really want. Perfection is an oasis.
So don't aim for that. Come up with a good enough that satisfies most of your perfect criteria. That fits your budget. That fits your timeframe. That gets you one step closer to your ultimate goal. Then ship!
Forbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.
I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.
Don't be scared of achieving your lifetime goals. You can always make up new goals after you've achieved these.
My cofounder in Aipoly is Italian, so we went to Italy to promote, due to popular demand, Aipoly’s availability in 7 languages - English, French,...
For National Science Week, I spoke at the Super STEM Careers event about my career in STEM.
I find that many people my age are quite lost. They don't know what to do with their lives, they don't know what their dream job is, they don't know...
I used to think I was brilliant. That I was different. That I was special. But then I realised a lot of people feel that way about themselves. And...
People don't think about you. They're too busy worrying about how you think about them.
The Hardy Group invited me to speak with them about healthcare, robotics and leadership. Here I am riffing about those topics!
Today, the most interesting part of the day was a session called "Open Space", where some people wrote topics they were interested in discussing on...
No doesn't mean… I hate you. You suck. Your project is stupid. You're not good enough. You're wasting your time on your project. You should be...
This is how I spend the majority of my time: Hanging out with my mentor Dianne in her awesome workshop.
