Is Your Craft Just Adequate or Excellent?
October 17, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
When producing a product or providing a service involving your craft, take a look at the results.
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Are they adequate, enough to do the job and keep you ”resting on your laurels?” Or are you striving for excellence in your results?
Laura Spencer has written a thought provoking post on this topic at her blog, Writing Thoughts. In Are You an Adequate Writer or an Excellent Writer, Laura talks about writing. However, I realized, as I read the post, Laura’s points could be applied to a craft, a business, a sport…most anything you attempt in life.
Are you putting your best into what you do or are you simply doing enough for adequate results. Not bad results, but not your best if you gave it “your all.” Even if you’re working at your art or craft as a hobby, are you striving to learn more and become better at what you do? Will you stand out in the crowd?
What do you think? How do you rate yourself?
Thanks Mary Emma!
Thanks for sharing a link to my post.
I’m glad to have you as a reader and value your perspective on this topic.
You do a great job of applying this principle to the area of crafts.