Finishing Fast and First, Yet Producing Questionable Quality?

Let your innate sense of appreciation take a seat. Never allow essence to take a hit for the purpose to finish and be the first!

The world today demands that people move quickly, produce results and goods, and in return move on to the next adventure. Finishing first is sought after as a plus and a way to make movement and achievements.  We see this everywhere, be that in business, family, and or in personal life. As humans, we tend to be competitive, even when you likely do not view it as so, we compete all the time. Be that job titles, personal possessions, and or even the most simple items. 

Competition is something we do, and its baked into our DNA. As such, we drive ourselves to hold too much and do too much to make such efforts bare some fruit, accomplishments, and right of bragging; even when we do not believe we outwardly are projecting. There is a key to making quality happen, and that key is not always dashing to the finish line. The strategy is such that we take measurable moves, sometimes they are quick and others lengthy. 

Let's use Tom, and he is going to be a fictional character who is always stepping up to the plate in hopes to hit the home run. Tom is a great batter, and he usually bats on average about 300. He is trustworthy; he makes bigs plays and has come through in clutch opportunities for the team. Tom is never afraid to swing at the first pitch, so much so that his probability of doing so is about 90%. 

90% of the time Tom will without a doubt swing at the first pitch. That pitch could be a fastball at 90MPH right down the middle of the plate. Alternatively, it could be an offspeed curveball that hangs outside with the purpose of fooling the batter, Tom and ensuring he racks up a quick strike. Tom, is clutch, he can hit, but Tom also strikes out more often than most. Fact Tom's strikeouts are more than the runs he delivers to the team.

Using this example, Tom is a great player, but his quality in producing runs is in question. For all that it is worth, Tom needs to understand that not every at-bat is a mission to hit a home run. Tom needs to look into creating action with least movement, and Tom needs to be caLm. Yes, this sounds so simple, but keep in mind that human nature is that we compete, we accomplish, we devour, and we move on to do this over and over. Moreover, it is not to say that we all outwardly want this, that is not the case, sometimes we do this without any knowledge and other times we willing walk into wanting to hit a home run to shine and gloat about the experience and accomplishment. 

Going back to Tom, if Tom comes up to bat, the bases loaded, it is the 9th inning, one out, and Tom's team is down. Does Tom take the risk of striking out in hopes to hit a grand slam? Perhaps Tom puts the ball in play, a bunt, single, double, triple, sac fly, and the list of play options are extensive.