How can investing in better tools improve work quality? 10

Do fewer things
Work at a natural pace
Obsess over quality

I FREAKING LOVE THIS! As a full-time short-form Content Creator, oftentimes you hear that you need to post x5 times a day which can work for certain niches. But what's worked the best for me, personally, is to take my time to make content I'm really proud of and perhaps post once a week if not once every two weeks.

I've noticed that those contents would do way better because their quality was better so thank you for emphasizing this!

As a retiree that help me a lot. It is difficult to pass from a ‘measured’ workload to a unmeasured workload. I wanted to be creative but I have a lot of old tools (think fabric, yarns, ink) accumulated over the year. Many of them is just ill adapted and uninspiring for me. I recently realize that all that is just keeping me down. I will go through all and donate. Just keeping what inspire me.

OMG. This validates what I'm trying to do in my life right now. Less things, more quality. I'm glad this came up in my recommendations.

This is absolutely what many major companies do the OPPOSITE of; cheap out on tools and effective procedure; overload staff and/or let email+meetings be the glue that holds everything together, and, insisting on trying to do everything rather than making decisions and planning.

I read one of Cals books and have a lot of time for his insights

Big ups to this. Makes my life much nicer and way better productivity to focus on key quality. Basic efficiency. It’s a purpose centered systems approach rather than an exhausting busy work focus.

Without answering the question about when to do what, all this is subjective.
Sometimes doing fewer higher quality things is better, but sometimes doing more things quickly is better. Sometimes attending those meetings is vital (or you are just assuming your knowledge is enough)

I agree, and have tried to keep that practice for decades, especially when it comes to quality. I want to be proud of the work I do, otherwise there’s no point. But not all organizations will appreciate your professional principles and will care more about boxes checked, even when not related to that organization business model, than ultimate quality. That has been my experience at a top tier US corporation.

My experience says it's a tricky point 'Obsess over quality.' Be very cautious. When you're doing something for the first time, aim to complete it or finish it. Once that's done, if you have time, space, or fewer things to do, then embrace the obsession with quality. Otherwise, it will have the opposite effect.