The first attempt exists to make the second attempt smarter.

The first attempt is a mechanism for producing knowledge you cannot get any other way. Judged as a product, it is usually a failure. Judged as an instrument that tells you where the real difficulties are, it succeeds even when the output is discarded.

Before starting, write down what you hope to learn from this version. Afterward, answer that question deliberately before beginning again. That is what makes attempts compound rather than repeat.