Craft, taste & durability · 0:40

The Gap Between Taste and Execution

Name: The Gap Between Taste and Execution
Uploaded: 2026-10-31
Duration: PT40.333S
Description: As taste becomes more refined, the gap between standards and current work can widen. Sean reflects on the work of closing that gap.

As taste becomes more refined, the gap between standards and current work can widen. Sean reflects on the work of closing that gap.

Sean Everett · Published 31 October 2026

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And so when you're creating something, I think you have to have this like essence of taste, right? Which is, okay, my taste is here, this thing I created is here. And you've heard this talked about before. And your goal is to keep getting closer and closer for the thing you make to your taste. And so, you continue to build your taste, and it gets higher and stronger and better and like, more refined, and then, like, the thing you create can often get further away. And so you've got to just keep, like, leveling up and someday, hopefully, maybe, if you're in this thing long enough, you can make something that meets your essence of taste, defined by whatever measure you define it by.