A Yardstick of Quality: Attention to Detail

I have a confession to make. I am not a kind of person who makes meticulous decision and pay much attention to detail. For example, I put my maximum speed to finish a task, say, a writing. So what I was taught to do is to proofread your writing for any mistake and correct it. But in quite many occasions I also speed up the proofread part and lose sight of some errors which would not happen if I have proofread it carefully. There are some times that I somehow know it is a mistake, but I won’t make correction since I do not want to check other reference for the correct way. To put it in a worst possible man, I may be labelled as a “reckless” person. This is not such a good thing when I am learning to be a responsible and proactive man.

A Wake up Call

Recently, I have moved my house to live somewhere a bit far away my previous home. It is around 3 or 4 km away from my previous location. The house is recently built and all of our family members fall in love with the house and I wish we would continue to cherish the new place where we call home. I enjoy looking around the house and view the ceiling, the light, the door, the floor and wall tile and many other things in the house. And what really bothers me is the fact that there is some little attention detail which may make the house perfection. This is when I start to strongly believe in attention to small detail.

I truly want my house to be perfect in every possible way. Let’s put things into perspective. If other people want to receive a product/service from, they will trust that I will put my utmost effort into the task and produce a perfect result. If I ever want to succeed in life, attention to little detail would satisfy other people, including my clients or/and my boss, thereby enhancing trust and connection.

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A Yardstick of Quality

To quote one of the most successful technologist of the internet era Steve Jobs, the co-founder and former CEO of Apple, “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” This quote pretty sums up the life of the legendary Steve Jobs. He was a perfectionist, notoriously workaholic who would make the impossible possible. This is not something easy to be done and to habitualize, but let’s try and make it happen.