How to do things well?

Eric is a new employee of Hewlett-Packard Company. He just graduated from the Engineering Department of Washington University. The new oscilloscope model he designed for the company has just passed the laboratory test, including the "vibration and damage" test that can be used for industrial purposes. Eric took some risks in the design. In order to reduce the weight of the product, he used a thin aluminum material on the shell. But he firmly believes that the adventure is worthwhile because the design is very successful.

But the next morning, when he came to the laboratory and arrived at his workbench, he was stunned by what he saw: the oscilloscope model he made yesterday was actually destroyed. Someone took down the shell, twisted it roughly, and then left the remains of the aluminum cake on his workbench. The young engineer flew into a rage. At first, he thought it was some saboteur who broke in and did it. But then he found a label paper on the deformed shell wreckage, on which was written a line: "You can do better than this-Dave Packard." Eric and his colleagues were greatly surprised. A few minutes later, the story spread around the offices. Many colleagues gathered around, some were amazed, others wanted to touch this twisted metal plate and feel the strength of the boss who would rather destroy the unqualified products than let him leave the factory.

packard is the most demanding, tough and greatest boss. They think that an efficient person must do things well the first time. This pursuit of packard has created the brilliance of the enterprise. Every 1 years, HP's sales, profits and valuation will increase by four times or more. It is also his work creed of "doing it the first time" that has made Hewlett-Packard a great undertaking.

Anyone who has visited the modern workshop of FAW-Volkswagen will lament the modernization of the automobile assembly line there, and at the same time, find a row of huge slogans "Do things right the first time" in the eye-catching position of the workshop.

at first glance, some people wonder why there are such "non-objective" slogans in such a "modern" workshop. We may think: what is the possibility of doing things right the first time?

just calm down and think about it. how many times does it take to get things right? Is it four times? Or three times? How many times is the best? Of course-once!

In the whole assembly line, every spare part is sent to assembly immediately after it is produced. Because there is no inventory, any link goes wrong, which will lead to the production stoppage of the whole line, so we must do things right the first time.

Doing things right the first time is the expectation for employees. It always warns employees to do their best and hold the belief of "doing things right the first time" when taking over everything.

Doing things right the first time is a requirement for quality. Only doing things right the first time can guarantee quality.

the rule of "do it the first time" requires that once you take over this matter, you should demand yourself with the highest standards, go all out, and do not leave a backward path. It is also what we often emphasize to work with zero defects and not rework. Because it will take you twice as long to finish it again. Almost all efficient people are willing to concentrate and take measures to do things well the first time.

"Do things right the first time" is one of the essences of the famous management scientist Crosby's "zero defect" theory. Doing it right the first time is the cheapest way to operate! The concept of doing it right for the first time is a panacea for efficient people and a good model for doing things efficiently.

Dale Carnegie, a famous American expert in interpersonal communication, said, "No one can change the first impression he gives, because your first impression will always remain in others' hearts." Some people will say that I didn't express myself well this time, and I didn't do it well. It's futile for me to improve myself later. The first time is too important. Once an error occurs, it is difficult to change the reality of the error, because the impact and loss caused by the error need to be paid twice or more to make up.

Therefore, in the implementation of the code of conduct, "doing things well the first time" is an idea that should be paid enough attention to. If this matter is meaningful and has the conditions to do it well, why not do it well now? If you do things well step by step, you can achieve the goal of doing the whole thing well the first time.

In order to improve the efficiency of doing things, we should demand ourselves with high demands and high standards. In the process of doing things, we should strive to get things right the first time, without leaving ourselves with the sequelae of repeated correction.

—— Quoted from Yanbian People's Publishing House, High-profile Directors and Low-key People.