The Himalayan task of putting together the entries for the Konkani Encyclopedia was always running against time. The dedicated team was giving a full on effort. However the urgency was turning the working environment into a pressure cooker.
All that changed with a subtle quote by the head of the team, ‘Do not sacrifice accuracy at the altar of speed!’ The paradigms changed with the clarification of the vision that the assignment demanded nothing less than accuracy.
The wise one was Goa’s most doted poets, Dr Manoharrai Sardessai. He was a gifted communicator, not just as a writer, but as a speaker as well. In oratory as well as in everyday speech, his words would conjure up the finest of poetry, prose or philosophy.
In a highly competitive world where things move at furious speed, it is
necessary to ensure that efficiency is not a victim to the test of deadlines.
Too often in the hurry to finish the task at hand, we ignore the fine details
and end up with a below par result. It is not enough to do tasks in time; we
need to do them right.
Don’t
rush such that accuracy goes for a toss…
Ensure that you do it right & deny eventual loss!
~ Pravin K. Sabnis
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