SKILL 41
Attend to Details
Your attention to details is equally as important as your ability to see the big picture. In fact, you may be expected to hold both the big picture and all the details in your mind at the same time. Attention to detail, such as catching typos or incorrect dates, is a skill that can be developed even if it does not come naturally to you. Every person sees details differently. Some don’t notice minutiae while others don’t see things that are big enough to crush them. Usually the details you miss are unimportant anyway—but not always! And that’s the catch. You need to attend to the details especially when they matter, ...
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