Quality Control

The saying goes, “you reap what you sow.” The reaping is the result you get from your work efforts, the reward. The sowing is the quality or the detail you put into the work. This is true for individuals and companies alike.

Day in and day out, many people work very hard to get a job, keep their current position or advance in their career ambitions. They think the more work they take on will show their employer how valuable they are. However, the value really lies in how well the all the work is completed to a superb standard of satisfaction, not in the amount of completed but lack luster work.

Unless you are a seriously detailed oriented person, you may be inclined to unintentionally overlook the very small, minute details in the quality of your work being performed. If this is the case, you may want to begin taking extra time to complete a project so that you can take a once over, twice over or three time’s a charm look before you consider it to be complete. Doing your best on the project just doesn’t cut it. It’s the extra effort one puts into their work that reaps the reward.

While yes, your best should be good enough. But why settle for good enough? If you are already good enough, why not become great enough. If at great enough, become grand enough and so on and so on.

It’s high time that people start paying attention to the quality of detail. When a project is sloppy and unorganized, it is a negative reflection on your quality of work not only for that project, but also perceived for any other work you will perform. Paying attention to little things like how you present the material, how it is displayed or providing extra added value resources can help your project stand out.

In many job descriptions in any type of industry, attention to detail is one of the skills employers requests there potential employees to have. Why? Because they want an employee that is going to put their best foot forward to help the company grow.

You go to the store. You like when the person servicing you is extra helpful and goes out their way to make sure your needs are being met. You buy a book on Amazon.com. They tell you the book will be there in 3-5 business days, but it gets there the very next day after your order. You buy a product and instead of receiving a coupon for your next visit, you get some additional free products to sample.

All the above represent the extra mile, the attention to the details, the make your customers come back for more. When customers are happy they want to do more business with you. The more customers and repeat business the more profitable is your company. It’s as simple as that.

When people say, “it’s the little things that count,” it’s true. The little things add up to the big thing. Paying attention to the details, gives you back what you put in. Therefore, if you put in a grand effort, you will receive grand rewards.