Attention to Detail

1. Get Organised
It makes sense that when everything is chaotic, details will slip. The first step to take to improve your attention to detail at work is to get organised. Now, getting organised doesn’t mean that you need to tidy up your workspace and waste time going through your stuff, but it does mean that you need to start using your calendar and making lists. Mark down appointments and meetings to ensure you won’t forget about them and note any details or thoughts you have about through the day. Then, plan each day by making a note of deadlines and important dates.
2. Make Lists
Many people are under the impression that being organised and having lists hinders creativity, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Making lists can boost creativity as it takes away a lot of the stress that goes hand in hand with multi-tasking and it allows you to prioritise and allocate time for every task. You become more focused on what you’re doing which is the main ingredient to being attentive to detail. It is also good to carry a note pad with you and jot down important information through the day. Ie Names of people you interact with, jobs that you are working on, measurements of steel or types of parts to remember.
3. Limit Distractions
One of the reasons why we tend not to pay attention to details is because we are distracted all the time. The question, of course, is how to limit distractions? Most of us work in open plan work spaces or factories which make distractions inevitable; there’s always someone getting up, talking to someone, etc. You’ll need to learn how to detach yourself from the rest of the workplace and mentally isolate yourself.
It’s also important that you turn off phone notifications and if you have an extension that pops-up every time you get an email disable that as well. Limit the time you spend checking your social media to breaks.
4. Take Regular Breaks
You probably already know that our brains are a muscle which mean that they need their downtime as well. Overworking your brain and working straight from 9 to 5 without taking a break can be incredibly counter-productive. For our brain to be able to pay attention to detail, it needs to be well-rested, so it’s crucial that you schedule regular breaks.
5. Play Focus Enhancing Games
Coming back to the concept of the brain as a muscle, exercising your brain is just as important as giving it time to rest. Think of an athlete, for example; they train day in day out to increase their stamina and improve their performance. Similarly, workers need to train their brains to perform at their best.
6. Be Present
One of the main reasons people tend not to pay attention to detail is because they are just not present when performing a task. With all the distractions, stress and pressure most employees deal with it’s easy to understand how someone can zone out, but it pushes you to produce poor quality work which can be disastrous for your reputation and your career.
7. Embrace Your Routine
Too much routine can kill you, but a lack of routine makes you undisciplined so find an in-between that’s ideal for you. The reason routine can be beneficial to developing this skill is that it forces you to do the same things over and over again which means that as you’re familiar with going through the motions, you’re much more likely to pay attention to smaller things, i.e., the details. Routine basically helps train the mind and you should therefore learn to embrace it.
8. Prioritise Quality
One of the main reasons most people’s work suffers is that speed is more important than quality. But, it’s important that you prioritise quality because not doing so could cost you your job, reputation and your career. There is no point being the fastest person at the job if the quality is compromised. Remember though, it is expected that your speed improves overtime and that you can maintain a good mix of speed AND quality.
9. Be an Active Participant in Meetings
One of the reasons many of us don’t pay as much attention as we’d like to is because we are not involved with our jobs. If you care about your job and you’d like to change that, then a great place to start is by becoming a more active participant in meetings. Meetings are where decisions are made and being able to voice your opinions gives you the opportunity to become more involved which can help make you more enthusiastic as well. These include Toolbox meetings that occur most mornings or weekly, along with staff or department meetings which occur less (monthly/every 6 months)

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