Sweat The Small Stuff
Sometimes we hear NOT to Sweat The Small Stuff. BUT dude, that's old school. Being in dapper suit, getting to work in a sleek manner, signing off documents right on your swivel chair, then chairing the CxO-level meeting, receiving executive summary reports then shooting out directives arising from that high-level executive summary. Those were the days. Being nostalgic, that was the environment when, straight from university, my first job was with oil giant SHELL, with Dutch/British executives in our local team📗📙📘
These days, you need to get UNDER THE HOOD, do a 'TRACE ROUTE', get down to the minute details instead of looking at things from a helicopter view. And this does NOT matter only in the workplace BUT this is now the default best practice in everyday life. YET, many of us are still feeling comfy enough to be lording it over from a MACRO-level. Like, when you'll blurt, 'IS EVERYTHING GOOD?' whereas the pinpoint question should be 'IS THE CAR IN TOP CONDITION FOR OUR LONG DRIVE'❓❓❓
Little things mean a lot, especially WHEN you are DETAIL-ORIENTED. Consider situations WHERE being DETAIL-ORIENTED isn't just important BUT critical. If you're planning an event, even at home, arranging all the logistics could be a herculean responsibility. And if we translate this to a typical workplace, whether you are a medical personnel in an operating room OR a construction foreman in a project site, minor misses can lead up to problems❎❎❎
Even more significant is the fact that DETAIL-ORIENTED people have, by and large, good and proven problem-solving skills and they tend to lean on taking ownership even of complex tasks and processes. Do these words describe your approach at work OR in your business? OR even in your everyday life? If so, then, likely you are a DETAIL-ORIENTED person and that becomes your edge in life❗❗❗
So, what makes one as DETAIL-ORIENTED?- Being OBSERVANT
- Do a Self-QA of your own work
- Be RESOURCEFUL, instead of giving up
- Being ACCURATE enough, down to a 'T'
- You're comfortable TROUBLE-SHOOTING
- You DON'T have that detestable appetite to waste time
Dude, let's SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF✅✅✅
