Quality or Quantity

Quantity versus Quality

When it comes to websites and blogs, you want to read quality information. In the world that I’m in- workwise, sometimes quantity is something I have to push out. In doing that quality gets sacrificed. In this instance, I’ve chosen to write only once in awhile and wanted to choose quality over quantitiy. It doesn’t always happen that way though on some other sites that I run.I hate that. Truth be told, sometimes it comes down to the person with the most content and keywords wins. It’s a fine balance to be able to present quantity with some quality- and still be happy with the work.

I write, and one of the things I’ve had to do is learn that sometimes “good enough works”. That’s not what I wanted attached to me though…while I’m working on large numbers of projects, I’m finding that it’s not as satisfying to push together a project fast and slam it out, just to get it out there and done. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate the passive income it can generate, but it’s when you craft and work on something of value, something you care about that you find satisfaction.

What about in your business? Have you sacrificed quality because you were so busy just trying to get the job done that you started cutting corners or getting sloppy? I’m really been doing a lot of looking at my stack of projects and I’m ready to slow down and start digging back in the way I used to. Down the road I’ll appreciate I pushed myself to get a lot done, but I’ll be honest, it lacked satisfaction, and without it, I got bored.

I’m actually on vacation this week, and slowing down has me looking back at the past 6 months of work…while I understand my choices, and know the time invested will be well worth it, I do miss the creative details and “feeling” like what I’ve done is a “job well done”.

It feels good to slow down and see these past few months differently….if you had a full week to look at your businesss, what would you see that you’ve been doing, and what would you do differently?

Me…I’m going to slow down, come back to quality and value, and forget this race I’ve self-imposed on myself. What about you?