Anyone successfully improved their attention to detail?
I’m a structural engineer, and I’ve realised I have really poor attention to detail. I think partly it’s because I have a sense of urgency about things a lot of the time - particularly given my job is high stress and very fast moving. However, sometimes even when I think I’ve made a conscious effort to slow down, I’m still missing things.
I think I’ve realised also that I’m also not sceptical enough when I receive information, whether that’s internally or from external consultants - I think by default that everybody else is ‘right’ and so I don’t stop to question certain things when I maybe should.
This is absolutely eating away at me and my confidence. Has anyone had this challenge and managed to successfully improve? Would love to hear your tips if so.