Doing
things right – with precision
– Dr.Balasubramanian, Thought Leader and CEO,
www.visionunlimited.in
Like integrity, sincerity and involvement – doing things
right is a great quality. It comes only to a few. Doing things beautifully with
aesthetic sense goes together with precision.
Take the example of a good speaker or presenter; he
or she would plan the presentation or speech very well with a good preamble,
energizer, adding different new thoughts, anecdotes, smart little stories,
quotes, interesting little poems, right measure of humour with voice modulation
and proper body language to inspire the listener. And he would stop when people
start to think – he should have continued for a while. They add a great value
and experience to the listener. It is nothing but ‘precision’.
On the contrary, there are a few whom you would have
noticed that they do not plan much before the start of their speech and they
keep jumping from one topic to another without any connectivity and that too
with irritating body language, mannerism etc.
Let us take the example of a home maker who folds
the washed clothes – one may see and wonder how she does it almost like
ironing. We may also observe as to how they stack them back in the cup-boards.
To get a good tailor for us is a big boon. These
days many tailors do not stitch with consistent quality and fitting. They
always miss the specification mentioned by the customers and of course the date
as well.
Passports issued in our country some 15 – 20 years
back used to be hand-written and looking very shabby. Sometimes the letters may
disappear and the passport holder may get into trouble with the authorities in
the airport, whereas the ones being issued today are much better and well
printed.
Have you seen some women making chapattis… they are
never in a circular shape and most of them would be shapeless, torn etc. though
these women must be making chapattis for years. If you comment on them, they
would immediately ask : why unshaped chapattis won’t enter your throat or what?
In fact, they will not accept and appreciate that the chapattis look nice when
they are a perfect circle.
Let us now think of various Government documents
being issued wrongly, especially the name, initial, sex, date of birth, father’s
name wrong. In India, everyone knows that it is difficult to get them corrected
without an extra cost and enormous time.
Will anyone get ready for a surgery if someone tells
you that the Surgeon would perhaps do a fair job and there is no guarantee, if
someone tells you that the aircraft you are going to board has an untrained
pilot – will you get into the flight…? If someone declares that the Guru of a
Mutt is ‘somewhat a bachelor’ – can we adore him?
Therefore, irrespective of the field or profession, let
us admit that doing things right and having precision plays a major role.
Even a small hole in the ship can sink it sooner or
later…isn’t it?
