Poor quality
Carelessness
Sloppiness
We think we can get away with that
Or we think we’re doing “quantity” instead of quality
Or we think we are being practical
But we aren’t
You can do it in higher quality, you can do it faster, you can do it cheaper
All of the above are an improvement
Higher quality is higher quality: greater utility, greater durability, etc.
Done faster is done more, and more on time (that means before time)
Cheaper is also better because you facilitated accessibility
You can do it in higher quality, you can do it faster, you can do it cheaper
But you must not do it worse
You must not do it sloppy
You must not do it careless
You must put your heart and soul into it
See we think we can get away with poor quality
No
There’s only one way of doing things — the right way
Even when you make it “cheaper” — the net gain by making it more accessible compensate for the decrease in quality
Therefore it is ultimately an improvement
It can only be an improvement
Deterioration is not acceptable
See we think we can get away with poor quality — because we love deluding ourselves
We delude ourselves because we are weak
We are weak and want to preserve our energy
We don’t want to spend this precious resource on some nebulous notion of “quality”
We just want to get the fucking job done, get paid and go home
…but this poor quality returns to us
The poor quality you permit of your work is the poor quality you permit of your life
It’s everything, the ugly objects around you, the ugly people, the ugly pay, the ugly future
Your poor work is poorly rewarded
Or else it’s you next time on the receiving end of inferiority and ineptitude
All the work you ever do — you really do for you
You live in the house you build
As you make your bed so you must lie
You eat the shit you cooked for yourself
Every single compromise will affect you directly
Every single improvement will affect you directly
It’s obviously as true on the macro scale
How you treat others — so they treat you
How much money you make your employer — so much he will pay you
As valuable you are to the world — as much the world will give you value back
But we deny this truth
It’s easier to deny it when the consequences aren’t so direct
In the cavemen days — if you were too lazy to catch prey — you’d sleep with an empty stomach… and so would your family
Today your sloppiness and carelessness is only revealed much later
And then you still find someone else to blame
“You worked so hard”
“You did what you were told”
“It worked”
“The boss doesn’t appreciate me”
“THE WORLD doesn’t appreciate me”
And then you go on doing sub-standard work
You go on NOT doing the ABSOLUTE BEST YOU CAN
But we deny this truth
It’s easier to deny it when the consequences seem hidden
They are obviously not hidden, you fool
OBVIOUSLY what you did in poorer quality will have poorer utility and poorer durability
You don’t have to know WHAT EXACTLY shall break to know that something will more likely break
You know it because you know what you did inferiorly
The consequences are NOT hidden
Because YOU know how well you did your job, your art, your duty
So please understand
It is never justified to compromise on quality
It’s a fundamental delusion that it is ever justified
You don’t “get away” with poor quality — you pay the full price for your misgivings
Be merry!
It’s great news to KNOW WHAT TO DO
You were wasting time seeking cunning lil shortcuts and stupid tricks
You were wasting time trying to sell shit
Now you can finally focus on quality
You are free to focus on what matters
You are free from the confusion
It’s tremendously easy now — just do things WELL
And you should make things well