Is it more important to work quickly and risk making mistakes than to work slowly and make it right?
With the accelerating development of social productivity, there are an increasing number of people who work quickly and take risks frequently, whereas there are still some people who tend to keep a slow-paced life and try to make everything correct. From my point of view, I believe that risking frequently and working quickly is more crucial in modern society.
Firstly, it meets the needs of our ever-changing environment. Take programmers in Internet companies for an example. Nowadays, the demands of customers and markets change so rapidly that there will be a lot of features to be added to a software product, for example, What's app. Otherwise, it may be at a disadvantage in the battle with its rivals, for example, Skype. In this case, as the saying goes, "Done is better than perfect.". Programmers must react and program quickly to implement the required functions although there may be some small bugs in their products.
In addition, working quickly gives us a timely positive feedback. Because finishing a task in a short period of time affords us a sense of achievement. We can gain loads of skills quickly, become more confident, and have more time left to do something we really like, all of which serve as the wonderful catalyst that motivates us to work harder and progress faster. Therefore working quickly can be conducive to our improvement.
Admittedly, working too quickly can lead to quite a few mistakes. Hence, working slowly seems to be a good option. However, there may be some problems in making sure every detail is perfect. Firstly, this process can be really time-consuming and tedious, which can be a psychological challenge for some people. Moreover, working slowly can bring about procrastination, which is not beneficial for our work.
To sum up, as far as I am concerned, working quickly and risking making mistakes is of significance. Because not just does it satisfy the requirements of modern society that changes rapidly, but also it makes contributions to our personal improvement.
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Is it more important to work quickly and risk making mistakes than to work slowly and make do it right? ["Make (something) right" means, for example, that you've offended someone and you want to "make it right" by apologizing. Meaning, you've caused some kind of problem, and you need to fix it.]
With the accelerating [development of social productivity] [the meaning of this isn't clear to me], there are an increasing number of people who work quickly and take risks frequently, whereas there are still some people who tend to [keep a slow-paced life][this isn't quite right. You could say "lead a slow-paced life" (if they generally approach life in a slower manner) or (better, in this context) "work at a slower pace"] and try to [make everything correct][you can definitely say this, but I would say "do everything correctly/perfectly/right". Also, remember that you need an adverb here ("correctly"), not an adjective ("correct")]. From my point of view, I believe that risking frequently [you can't say this because the verb "to risk" requires an object (you can only "risk (something)". Instead, you can say "taking frequent risks" or "taking risks frequently"] and working quickly is more crucial in modern society.
Firstly, it meets the needs of our ever-changing environment. Take programmers in Internet companies [I don't quite know what you mean by "Internet companies". Maybe you mean companies that operate online or simply "tech(nology) companies"?] for [an] [I would say "Take (this), for example" or "Take (this) as an/one example"] example. Nowadays, the demands of customers and markets change so rapidly that there will be a lot of features to be added to a software product, for example, What's app. Otherwise, it may be at a disadvantage in the battle with its rivals, for example, Skype. In this case, as the saying goes, "Done is better than perfect.". [You don't need two periods. For British English, put the period after the quote. For American English, put the period inside the quote.] Programmers must react and program quickly to implement the required functions, although there may be some small bugs in their products.
In addition, working quickly gives us a timely positive feedback ["Feedback" is a collective noun (always plural, like "rice"). But you can say "a piece of feedback" if you specifically mean just one]. Because finishing a task in a short period of time affords us a sense of achievement. We can gain loads of skills quickly, become more confident, and have more time left to do something we really like, all of which serve as the a wonderful catalyst that motivates us to work harder and progress faster. Therefore working quickly can be conducive to our [self- ("self" is optional here but might be clearer)]improvement.
Admittedly, working too quickly can lead to quite a few mistakes. Hence, working slowly seems to be a good option. However, there may be some problems in making sure every detail is perfect. Firstly, this process can be really time-consuming and tedious, which can be a psychological challenge for some people. Moreover, working slowly can bring about procrastination, which is not beneficial for our work.
To sum up, as far as I am concerned, working quickly and risking making mistakes [is of significance][I know what you mean, but we wouldn't use that phrase here. I think you could simply say that is "is important", which sounds more natural here.]. Because not just only [the phrase is "not only....but"] does it satisfy the requirements of a modern society that changes rapidly, but also it also makes contributions to our personal improvement.
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