Do work you would respect even without knowing who made it.

Attaching your name to something changes how you see it, usually making it look better than it is. Imagining it as a stranger’s work removes that distortion and gives you a much more honest reading. If you would not respect it coming from someone else, the fact that it came from you does not improve it.

Before finishing something, look at it as though you had just been handed it by a person you do not know. Notice what you would criticise. Then fix that before it goes out.