Attention to
Detail
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When
you double-check your calculations for a math problem or cite sources carefully
in a research paper, you’re paying close attention to detail. That skill comes
in handy in any workplace, whether you maintain a database, keep a log of the
hours you spend with clients or write e-mails.
John
Wooden, UCLA’s former great basketball coach who led his teams to ten
consecutive national championships, was asked what he attributed his success
to. Among a number of things, he mentioned that paying attention to details was
one of the most important qualities for successful coaching and for high
achievement to how his players would lace up and tie their shoe strings. If they
didn’t tie them correctly, he would teach them how.
Details
may be small things, but from small things come great things; therefore, pay
attention to details and you will experience substantial progress in your
overall educational attainment.