Comments on: Balance fearlessness with attention to detail http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:32:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Assech Omega http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/comment-page-1/#comment-248812 Assech Omega Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:15:48 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/#comment-248812 <a href="http://www.chineseenergetics.com" rel="nofollow"> Energy Psychology </a>  This is another solution to the Problem!!!
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]]> By: Andrea Warren http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/comment-page-1/#comment-227496 Andrea Warren Fri, 07 May 2010 03:20:13 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/#comment-227496 The comment above give new meaning to the phrase: devil is in the details. The balance between fear of failure and perfection is in direct relationship to the position you hold. I would not want to deal with a pyrotechnical, surgeon, or a theater stage manager that was not detailed- oriented for the simple reason that live are at stake. Here's to giving thanks to perfectionists, detailed-oriented people who have the stressful jobs that require a skill-set of perfection. For the rest of us, done is better than perfect. The comment above give new meaning to the phrase: devil is in the details. The balance between fear of failure and perfection is in direct relationship to the position you hold. I would not want to deal with a pyrotechnical, surgeon, or a theater stage manager that was not detailed- oriented for the simple reason that live are at stake. Here's to giving thanks to perfectionists, detailed-oriented people who have the stressful jobs that require a skill-set of perfection. For the rest of us, done is better than perfect.

]]> By: Allison http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/comment-page-1/#comment-225397 Allison Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:32:00 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/#comment-225397 I ROCK at Sudoku. Doesn't help my career one bit :) I have finally figured out how to be okay with my lack of detail-orientedness. I found a job which appreciates my own unique focus. Like I said earlier - I can be super detailed when the subject applies to my talents! I ROCK at Sudoku. Doesn't help my career one bit :)

I have finally figured out how to be okay with my lack of detail-orientedness. I found a job which appreciates my own unique focus. Like I said earlier – I can be super detailed when the subject applies to my talents!

]]> By: Rachel http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/comment-page-1/#comment-225396 Rachel Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:22:26 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/#comment-225396 I like your peice. I wonder how you are going to make sure you pay a little more attention? At work I am constantly being pulled up over 'attention-to-detail' (even though I see others - even the one doing the complaining - missing details left, right and centre). The feeling that I am somehow stupid - no matter how much I try to list the things I actually do right - is a constant worry to me which makes paying attention even harder. Are daily Sudoku and cross-words the only answer? thanks for your thoughts. Rachel I like your peice. I wonder how you are going to make sure you pay a little more attention? At work I am constantly being pulled up over 'attention-to-detail' (even though I see others – even the one doing the complaining – missing details left, right and centre). The feeling that I am somehow stupid – no matter how much I try to list the things I actually do right – is a constant worry to me which makes paying attention even harder.

Are daily Sudoku and cross-words the only answer?

thanks for your thoughts.
Rachel

]]> By: Allison http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/comment-page-1/#comment-221574 Allison Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:32:50 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/#comment-221574 Some people can painlessly look at something for details, and the most important ones will still go by unseen! At that point, it is not carelessness, it is a skill that they do not possess. I think anyone can be detail-oriented, but it depends on what their personalities can focus on! For example, I am an interior designer who is incredibly passionate and somewhat knowledgeable in the field, but flawed in creating construction documents, product specifications, etc. I have tried countless times to scour a plan for noteworthy details, and will miss 75% of them. I can, however, look at a billing process and make it more efficient within minutes of reviewing it. I can convert measurements instantly. I can learn a computer program in a day. And I can sketch like mad. What I am trying to say is, we each need to find a job with the right *kind* of details to attend to. If a project/task requires detail work outside of your skill set, ask someone for help! Some people can painlessly look at something for details, and the most important ones will still go by unseen! At that point, it is not carelessness, it is a skill that they do not possess. I think anyone can be detail-oriented, but it depends on what their personalities can focus on!

For example, I am an interior designer who is incredibly passionate and somewhat knowledgeable in the field, but flawed in creating construction documents, product specifications, etc. I have tried countless times to scour a plan for noteworthy details, and will miss 75% of them.

I can, however, look at a billing process and make it more efficient within minutes of reviewing it. I can convert measurements instantly. I can learn a computer program in a day. And I can sketch like mad.

What I am trying to say is, we each need to find a job with the right *kind* of details to attend to. If a project/task requires detail work outside of your skill set, ask someone for help!

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]]> By: Irina I http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/comment-page-1/#comment-187167 Irina I Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:31:11 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2003/04/07/balance-fearlessness-with-attention-to-detail/#comment-187167 Penelope, I just went on a binge reading of your old posts and I just cannot not admit that you're absolutely right here. I have been thinking about this a lot lately and looks like I'm going to have to actually sit down and process those thoughts (instead of surfing the Internet). Thank you for this one and the one that says that you have to<a href="http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2003/07/12/4-ways-to-make-more-time/" rel="nofollow">suck it up and do priority 1 list items and not priority 8</a>, even thought they are so seductive in how easy they are. Penelope, I just went on a binge reading of your old posts and I just cannot not admit that you're absolutely right here. I have been thinking about this a lot lately and looks like I'm going to have to actually sit down and process those thoughts (instead of surfing the Internet).

Thank you for this one and the one that says that you have tosuck it up and do priority 1 list items and not priority 8, even thought they are so seductive in how easy they are.

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