题源: The Washington Post 题材:社会生活
Attention to detail is something everyone can and should do—especially in a tight job market. Bob Crossley, a human-resource expert notices this in the job application that comes across his desk every day. "It"s 11 how many candidates cancel themselves," he says.
"Resumes arrive with stains. Some candidates don"t 12 to spell the company"s name correctly. Once I see a mistake, I 13 the candidate," Crossley concludes. "If they cannot take care of these details, why should we trust them with a job"
Can we pay too much attention to details Absolutely. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. "To keep from losing the forest for the trees," says Charles Garfield, professor at the University of California, San Francisco, "we must 14 ask ourselves how the details we"re working on fit into the large picture."
Garfield 15 this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. "The Apollo Ⅱ moon 16 was slightly off-course 90 percent of the time," says Garfield. "But a successful landing was still likely because we knew the 17 coordinates (坐标) of our goal. This allowed us to make 18 as necessary." Knowing where we want to go helps us judge the significance of the every task we 19 .
Often we believe what accounts for others" success is some special secret or a lucky break. But rarely is success so 20 . Again and again, we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow.
A. addicts F. compares K. launch
B. adjustments G. conserves L. mysterious
C. administration H. constantly M. precise
D. amazing I. dominant N. probably
E. bother J. eliminate O. undertake