One piece of advice that most people have probably heard at least once is to “do it right the first time” and this advice is generally meant as motivation to do a good job. This advice is something that is important for a variety of reasons.

The more obvious reasons are that there is a greater reputation for success and it makes you appear more competent if you complete a project and everything works and functions properly and repairs do not have to be made soon after completion and that, if it is not done right the first time, you will have to go back and do it over making it take even longer and you will have the annoyance of having to redo something that you just did.

An extension of this advice that I also like to keep in mind is “don’t rush when it could be a detriment to the project” which is very similar to the original. There are a few additional aspects that this second version also brings to light.

The key difference between the two is that the second version focuses more on things that are going to be forgotten or improperly done due to someone trying to hurry up and get something done. The two biggest benefits of following this advice are that it can actually take less time to make sure something is done correctly the first time than to go back and fix the problem later and essentially have to do it twice and that details are important and can make or break a project.

What I mean by this is that if you take every available shortcut and try to save as much time as possible, the finished project will not have near as nice of appearance as one that had the details accounted for. While they might not matter in terms of functionality, details are important.