Do you remember how it sometimes happened in
school exams that you thought you were writing slowly and you were going to be
unable to complete the exam in time? And then you hurried everything up and
finished the exam too early and had nothing to do when everyone else was still
writing! If you remember something like this happening to you then you are
probably not the only one who felt very odd sitting idle in the exam room with
everyone silently writing their papers and you looking down for you have nothing
to do. And if you are feeling even more stupid thinking duh! This happens to me
even now!! Don’t you worry, you are still not the only one. Have you seen,
sometimes in the kitchen, when the dish you are preparing is ready to fast and
you are very excited, get ready and serve the dinner, and then there’s a voice
from out of the blue “Hey! The vegetable is a bit raw!!” and all you can do is
stand there like someone took all your money as soon as you stepped out of the
ATM, and you do not even have money to get a taxi back to home. Oh how I wish I
would have checked the dish once before serving it! Yes! That is the point! If
any work gets finished way too soon just check it once, for you have all the
time to make it better than it already is! And who doesn’t want to get
appreciated for something they did to be perfect J
As soon as you understand the need of
checking things once they are done, you will understand as to how to make it
perfectly organized and do it slowly so that you do not have to go through it again
and again and lose the chance to do other things in the remaining time.
Identifying how fast or slowly one should work, at home, at school, at office
or anywhere else, is a big technique as well as part and parcel of an efficient
person. No matter how hard you work it is all ruined if you have worked in
hurry and with a thought that you are going to be late and so you must be
faster. Something or the other will always be left out no matter how sure you
are of what you have done. For you are no super hero to work fast and not make
a single mistake and everyone will clap at how fast the work was done. You are
a human and even though the line “to err is human” is famous, no one will think
of it when you make a small mistake at workplace while showing your super hero
powers.
In the end the only thing that matters is
that the work is done right, after two months when your appraisal is being done
no one will remember how fast you finished that file, all they will remember is
how you were seen thrice with the file correcting the mistakes and looking for
loopholes after you said you were done with it. No matter how many super powers
you have got, if you make mistakes, you will always be reminded of how many
mistakes you made while acting ‘over smart’.
Just do what you want to do. No problem if you cannot stop yourself from
doing it fast, but also remember it is to be done right. Will you like a taxi
that runs super duper fast and promises to drop you to your destination within
half the time other taxies take, but just before reaching the destination it
crashes because of ‘speed’? It is clear by now that everybody likes speed but
more than that they like correctness and reliability more. It is just a matter
of proper planning as to how you distribute the extra time evenly between
different responsibilities you need to fulfil. Some people know how to do it,
while some others keep all the extra time for the end when everything is over
and none is perfect. Sure, working fast is a good thing, but working fast and
spoiling things is not cool! For when you work super fast you work even harder
than required and still are not happy with the result in the end. So, work
smart, not fast. Enjoy. Smile. Cheer up.
Happy Life! J
