Seth's Blog : Justifying mediocre work

The list of reasons is nearly endless. We need all of them to explain the shortcuts, phone-ins and half-work that we're surrounded by. All of them are pretty good reasons too. We're in a hurry, the system is unfair, the market demands it, no one will ...

Justifying mediocre work

The list of reasons is nearly endless.

We need all of them to explain the shortcuts, phone-ins and half-work that we’re surrounded by.

All of them are pretty good reasons too. We’re in a hurry, the system is unfair, the market demands it, no one will notice, it’s not my job, I was handed a lousy spec, the materials are second-rate, the market won’t pay for quality, competition is cutthroat, my boss is a jerk, it’s actually pretty good, no one appreciates the good stuff anyway…

On the other hand, there’s only one way to justify work that’s better than it needs to be: Because you cared enough.

  

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