Why do I…

A phrase I often get to hear is: “You managed to handle task b. But you failed on task a, which was much easier than b. Most people do it the other way round…”

Often I put very much effort into completing my tasks in the shortest possible time and of course, everything needs to be perfect then. And then it is always about those small issues that I fail to get. A good example is me writing a letter:

• I look through for language errors and correct them
• I reflect whether we should additionally mention this and that…

This is all done…and then I simply forget to put this tiny CC: Mr. Doe on the bottom. When discovering my error I feel like a complete idiot, because, I know I could do better, and instead, I fail.