My company was having a kite design competition about a month ago. Each group was required to come out with their own design, based on a template given. I initiated my group’s design since most of us were busy with work at that time. I ended up spending about 5-7 hours on the design, with the help of several team members. The team members then came out with few ideas and asked me if it was okay to put it into the main design, and I must admit I was a bit picky at that time. I rejected quite a number of ideas which didn’t seem right to me.
Then one of them said “Working under Alvin must be very stressful. You are such a perfectionist”.
My reply was “Maybe I am a perfectionist, or maybe I’m not. But I believe if we want to do something, then we should give everything we have.”
I believe this applies to a lot of people on a lot of things – jobs, life, love, family, etc. Most of the time, we just do something for the sake of doing it without realizing that we actually have the ability to make it a BIG one if we put our heart into it. For example, we’re being asked to handle an event. We can always throw in some simple activities and just get on with it. All for the sake of doing it. Or we can plan properly and make it the best event ever organized and make everyone remembers it.
If you want to do it, then do it well. But if you do not wish to do it, then just admit it. Tell others you are just not up for it. Don’t commit yourself into creating something mediocre, just because you are doing it for the sake of doing it. Leave it to others who really want to do it. I bet they can do a better job. So if you don’t feel like doing it, just do nothing and leave the opportunity to others. Don’t waste it.
At the end of the day, the decision is still ours to make. But for me, I believe that if I want to take up something, I should be doing it willingly. And by saying willingly, I must be willing to give it my all and not just do it half-heartedly. Call me a perfectionist, or even an idealist, but that’s what I believe in – “if I want to do it, do it well”.
Tagged: attitude, Career, initiative, Life, motivational, Self-help
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6 Comments
You’re 100% spot on….
Anything worth doing, is worth doing well, otherwise let some other guy screw it up!
Cheers.
@KC
It might be better to leave it to some other people who are more passionate about it.
Hahha, yeap. If it’s something not worth, then don’t bother to waste your life man.
If you wanna BLOG , BLOG WELL !!!!
If you wana COMMENT , COMMENT WELL !!!
*runs away*
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@gapnap
eh, true wor. hahaha. but blog is more like ur personal realm la, its really up to u.
anyway, happy chinese new year to u man
Happy Chinese New Year to You too
Quick question about your post ..
Don’t you think it contradicts “Try something new everyday”
or , “Sing as if no one is hearing , love as if you never been hurt before”
What do you think ?
*sorry , but i like to ask questions
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@gapnap
Trying something new everyday is for your own personal life. When it comes to a job or anything related to other people (not just yourself), you need to perform to the best of your ability and not half-heartedly. Some people do their job for the sake of doing it, and ends up with mediocre result. I don’t think this is helpful at all. Just like people ask you to perform in an event which you don’t like and don’t feel like going. It’s up to you whether to give up and pass the opportunity to the other person, to go and perform lousily, or to persuade yourself to go and perform to the best of your ability. The choice is yours but obviously, the 2nd choice is not good for anyone.
Not sure if i’m confusing people more here. hahahaa. but for me, even if “trying something new everyday”, should be done full-heartedly. give it your best no matter what.
ok, i think i’m making things more confusing since i sendiri donno what i m talking.