Precision and quality are key requirements in the life of any serious professional. If you run your own business, it will be impossible for you to develop it into a force that anyone will respect or take seriously, if you’re chronically delivering a sloppy product or service.
Likewise, if you work in a more conventional job role, you can expect to have a very uncomfortable meeting with your boss in short order if you keep dropping the ball, making mistakes, and turning in sub-par work.
Professionalism is, to a large degree, measured by how precise and diligent you are capable of being in your work. Here are a few tips for increasing precision and quality in your work.
Rely on professional services that can complement your own job
Various companies exist who focus entirely on services which are designed to benefit the lives of other professionals in different fields.
If you’re involved in construction, for example, there’s a very real possibility that you might have a major problem in your project due to damaging or interfering with underground cables and other utilities that you weren’t aware of.
A great solution to this problem would be to use the services of a professional underground cable locating company, who have the exact right high-end equipment and tools needed to survey the area in a way that you and your own team might not be equipped to do.
Likewise, if you’re a small business owner and have a primary skillset that drives the entire company, any admin work that you have to do can ultimately distract you from dealing with more pressing matters. A personal assistant — or even a virtual assistant — can be invaluable here.
Take care of yourself in everyday life; get enough sleep, move around, and eat right
Your personal wellbeing, energy levels, and clarity of thought, are absolutely integral to you being able to perform your work with precision, and to a high standard.
This isn’t a point that should seem complicated in any way; yet a huge number of professionals nonetheless sacrifice their sleep, fitness, and nutrition, in order to spend more time in the office, in the belief that those extra hours spent working are going to yield higher quality work and improve their professional prospects.
On the contrary, researchers have shown that work performance drops off dramatically with even a small decrease in the total number of hours slept in a night. Taking care of yourself makes you better in your professional life.
Employ a good planner system to give you a proper overview of your tasks and projects
There are always a virtually unlimited number of things you could be giving your attention to in any single moment during the working day. A great success skill is knowing how to identify and distill the most essential actions, and avoid being sidetracked by the less relevant stuff.
Employ a good planner system, preferably one that’s been tested in a business setting, in order to work more efficiently. David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” method is world-famous for working in this context.
