By Douglas Ogbankwa
Precision is defined as the quality or fact of being exact or accurate
Life is a complex trajectory of many vagaries. The things of this world answer to accuracy and exactitude. You do not take anything for granted, and you should cross the Ts and dot the Is. The attitude of “It does not matter” is for failures. Everything about this life matters. Never make up your mind about a matter until you do your independent investigation .There is the danger of a single story.
Excellence is a great virtue in life .Never you be an average person in the performance of your duties. Pay great attention to details. The devil is in the details.
Precision means not just doing a thing but checking for assurances that the thing has been properly done . Precision also means going the extra mile .When you go the extra mile , it takes you to the extra mile in life .
Precision changes the worldlike when you wake up in the morning, you make your bed , and the room will look neat .You eat and immediately wash the dishes, and there will be no flies .You get to the traffic light, and you stop. There will be no traffic log jam .You spill water and clean it immediately. No one will slip .You lock your door, and you double-check whether it is actually locked, and you will be secured .You lock your car, and you double-check the doors , your car is unlikely to be bugled .You write a letter, or you write a post online, and you check the wording again and again to see if there was a mistake or whether you have not defamed someone.
Precision is someone asking you to send a number and you send it immediately, before you forget. You get paid for a job, and you disburse money for execution before you know what is left as gain .You mourn with people when they are mourning and celebrate with them when they are celebrating. You are owing some one Money and you pay before they ask. You should do a background check on people before you bring them close .Precision is keeping a secret secret. You tell a secret to one person, the whole world knows .The wall has ears .
Precision is checking whether you have taken all you need for the day from the house before you go to work .”Oh ,I have locked my keys inside” ,this is the ranting of a mediocre .Having a checklist of the things you want to do for the day is a testimony of precision. Having a diary for your meetings is another .
You see successful people, and you are jealous of them or admire them .Do you know how they got there ?Read autobiographies , it is the manual of successful people. I have some recommendations “My Life”-Bill Clinton, “My Story ‘-Hilary Rodham Clinton, “Dreams from My Father ‘-Barrack Obama, “My Watch “-Olusegun Obasanjo, “The Accidental Public Servant “-Nasir El-Rufai, “Long Road to Freedom”-Nelson Mandela “My Life”-Tony Anenih ,etc.
Precision is like playing chess or drafts .Every movement is important, and one wrong movement is fatal. So Precision connotes thinking about the consequences of your action before you take action. Actions have consequences. Be wise as serpent , but harmless as a dove .
About the Author:Douglas Ogbankwa @douglaaogbankwa@gmail.com, Nigerian Lawyer , Writer. and Policy Analyst is the Convener of the Intellectual Hub and the President of the Benin Writers’ Society.
