Quality vs Quantity, Quantity vs Quality. Some tasks require you to focus on quantity when completing them, while other require you to focus on quality. The trouble comes in figuring out when it is worth the extra time and effort to choose quality over quantity.



Why Choose Quality?
In a way, you represent yourself to the world through things you do and achieve. When you create something, you are leaving behind a representation of your abilities. You are showing the world what you can do. Likewise, when you perform a task you are demonstrating what you can do, and how well you can do it. When you accomplish something that you have worked hard on and consider to be high quality you can gain quite a lot, and you usually represent yourself in a good way. It is because of this that it is important to focus on quality when working towards accomplishing meaningful goals and tasks.

Quality is often regarded more highly than quantity because it can be longer lasting, more satisfying, and more rewarding. When you do something to the best of your abilities, it shows. Likewise, when you do something with less than adequate effort, it also shows. It is up to you to determine if it is worth accomplishing a task in a quality way. While rushing through things might cause you to complete your task quicker, it will likely cause your task to be done in a less complete, and lower quality way.

Rewards in Quality
When you produce something with quality in mind, you are more likely to find better rewards for having done it. The down side is that you will not likely find rewards quite as often as when you focus on quantity. This is because tasks are likely to take longer to complete. Every situation is unique, and a trade off is made when you decide on quantity over quality, or quality over quantity. It is up to you to weigh the potential rewards and benefits of quality vs quantity.

When not to choose quality
Not every situation justifies the extra cost and effort required to perform a task in a quality way. In fact, by performing some tasks with less quality, you free yourself and your resources for performing better at other more important tasks. This in itself is a form of quality. It is managing your tasks in a quality way. For example, you might not want to spend your time doing meaningless tasks in quality ways.

One such instance where quantity might outweigh quality would be a task such as folding clothes. Its likely that you will receive little to no benefit for having painstakingly folded each of your articles of clothing at an exact 90 degree angle using a protractor. On the other hand, if you spend this time completing a meaningful goal instead, the rewards are likely to be much more significant. Quality comes not only in physically performing tasks, but also in how you manage them.