Workmanship
Shoddy workmanship is theft, and at the moment a worker decides that he is finished with what he knows is a shoddy job, he compounds the theft with a lie. The secret to making work go away quickly is to do it right, and for a subtle reason. If time or another resource is a constraint, then the best job possible within the constraints is the right way, even if there are weak areas. To measure what is right, compare against what is possible, not what is perfect.
The subtlety is that work drags on for people because they wish to forestall the moment they must tell a lie about their theft. Rather than slow work being an avoidance of free time, which of course makes no sense, … Continue reading
