The Little Things Count
Posted on | May 30, 2010 | No Comments
You know, I wouldn’t say I’m the programmer type although I have created a couple of small Opera widgets and Facebook apps. While I can work with JavaScript, PHP, and HTMLÂ I’m the type who likes to be the visionary and paint the vision in large brush strokes. The one thing that really makes programming interesting for me is that one little dash out of place, or one little semicolon that’s missing can throw off the entire program I’m working on.
Sometimes I think about how the details are what makes a leader a good leader, or a successful person a success. Their ability to pay attention to those details can make all the difference in the world. Not only the details of how they look or the work they perform, but also in being sure they are always giving their best to the people they serve.
As an example, a man you can trust is a man who never lies. A woman you can trust is woman who always tells the truth. If the person in question is honest 99 percent of the time, but every once in awhile he or she tells a lie that one lie out of a hundred is the flaw in the program that causes the person harm in the long run. One little lie can make the difference between someone who is trustworthy and someone who is not.
The same thing can be said for many characteristics. A person who is caring should always be caring. That one rude comment may not mean much compared to all the nice things they do, but to the person who has been dealt with in an uncaring manner could be the person who would have been the next big client.
I’m not saying a person who is not perfect one hundred percent of the time is doomed to failure, but when it comes to success and happiness just as it does to a computer program, the little things can make a big difference.
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