When greater output equals greater revenue, it’s easy to get caught up in the push to be faster and more efficient. Unfortunately, this often leads to mistakes and poorer quality of products and services. Sometimes it pays to be more deliberate and to do things right the first time around.

Ever do a task, and then have to do it again a short time later? Why? Because you didn’t do it right the first time.

You left it half-done. You didn’t put it away. Or you didn’t give it your full effort.

The difference between doing something and doing it right is usually only a few seconds.

As legendary basketball coach John Wooden once said, “If you don’t have the time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”