Attention to detail

Attention to detail is the practice of focussing closely on the individual parts, micro-actions, or minutiae, of a task, to ensure thoroughness, accuracy, and quality.In philosophy, management, and personal development, it represents the ethos that consistent, high-quality management of daily or hourly micro-tasks ultimately dictates the success of the overarching macro-level outcome. Quotes Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. Robert Collier, author (1885-1950), Riches Within Your Reach: The Law of the Higher Potential (1947). It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen. John Wooden, basketball coach (1910–2010), Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and off the Court (1997), p. 142. Proverbs and Historical Maxims We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Will Durant, historian and philosopher (1885–1981), summarizing the philosophy of Aristotle in The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers (1926), Chapter II, Section VII. Note: Often misattributed directly to Aristotle. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Laozi, philosopher (c. 6th century BC), Tao Te Ching, Chapter 64. Original Chinese: 「千里之行，始於足下」 (Qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐ yú zú xià).[Literal Translation: "A journey of a thousand li starts beneath one's feet."]