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Had a talk with an old timer at the diesel shop yesterday that flipped my thinking
I was bitching about a fuel system rebuild on a 6.0 Powerstroke, taking way too long. He told me to stop rushing and start listening to the truck instead of the clock. Said he's been doing this for 40 years and never once finished early by hurrying. It hit me different because I've been burning out trying to hit unrealistic times. Has anyone else had a mentor say something that made you slow down and work better?
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grant5691d ago
@noahw53 fair point about speed keeping the lights on, but hurry jobs cost me a weekend more times than I'd like to admit. Bent a pushrod on a 7.3 once because I was in a rush, took twice as long to fix it. Guess I should stick to listening to the truck instead of my own stupid decisions.
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My old boss back in the day told me something similar... he said "fast is slow and slow is smooth." I used to fight it but he was right. Once I stopped watching the clock and started paying attention to what the machine was telling me I caught things I would have missed. Less comebacks, less stress, and somehow the work got done just as fast in the end. Sometimes rushing just makes you loop back and fix your own mistakes.
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