Friday Wisdom – Doing it Right

Posted on 04/19/2019 by Andrew Reynolds

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.

More wisdom next week,

Andrew

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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24 Responses to Friday Wisdom – Doing it Right

  1. CJ Hartwell says:
    04/24/2019 at 6:30 pm

    You said it! And the more you do things right, the more they think you’ve got an easy job.

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    • Andrew Reynolds says:
      04/24/2019 at 7:05 pm

      Early in my electronics career I had to take a safety class from the warehouse manager so I could use the pallet jack and other stuff in the warehouse. He gave us a lesson in how to lift so we didn’t get back injuries. There was the standard, “Lift with your legs, use the back belt … ” and ended with, “grunt a bit as you lift. Grunt louder if a boss is around. Don’t let them ever think lifting is easy.”

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  2. Mama's Empty Nest says:
    04/23/2019 at 6:15 am

    Ain’t that the truth???

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  3. Diane Henders says:
    04/22/2019 at 10:00 pm

    True! And its corollary: If you do something badly enough the first time, you won’t ever be asked to do it again. (That’s Hubby’s favourite strategy – his only mistake was telling me about it.) 😉

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  4. Debra says:
    04/22/2019 at 8:52 pm

    This has certainly been my experience!

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  6. Allan G. Smorra says:
    04/19/2019 at 5:00 pm

    Good point, Andrew. You have reinforced the old show biz adage, “Always leave them wanting more.” Have a good weekend.
    Ω

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  7. Ray V. says:
    04/19/2019 at 1:30 pm

    Good point

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  8. jfwknifton says:
    04/19/2019 at 10:19 am

    In Islamic art, such as mosaics, patterns, wall decorations, carpets and so on, they always put a deliberate mistake in it, because only God has the right to produce perfection. Would this be a possible way forward for you?

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  9. robertawrites235681907 says:
    04/19/2019 at 10:16 am

    Yes, I have that all the time [wink]

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  10. dorannrule says:
    04/19/2019 at 9:54 am

    Maybe you should leave a minor flaw the first go round?

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  11. katknit says:
    04/19/2019 at 9:15 am

    For sure!

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  12. Jacqui Murray says:
    04/19/2019 at 7:25 am

    That is so true. How often does that happen, hunh?

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