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AI29. “Too many people think only about getting results. The key to success, however, is to focus on the specific task at hand and not to worry about results.”

What do you think this piece of advice means, and do you think that it is, on the whole, worth following?
Support your views with reasons and/or examples drawn from your own experience, observations, or reading.

There is much debate over the issue whether we should be more result-oriented or not. Some people believe that result is
the ulmost goal that they actually care about, and therefore most important, while others maintain that specific tasks
accomplished towards the result are the true meaning of success. After balancing both assertion, I vote for the former one.
In the following analysis, I would like to reason and provide evidence to validate my point of view.

In the first place, the reason why I have such view is that the world is composed of final results. For instance, TV,
Computer, automobile and all other things are final results. No one really cares about how these products were invented,
 produced, and sold. Moreover, it accords with common sense that even if we correctly finish all specific tasks, success
 is still not for sure. Doing the right specific jobs is not suffice for success even though it may be necessary.
Therefore, we should use a more systematic way to work towards a satisfying result, rather than towards specific jobs.

In the second place, empirical evidences teach us how important results are. For example, in a free market,
consumers or buyers do not focus on any particular merit that the producer has. On the contrary, their eyes are on
the products, the final result only. In one word, the literal products in their hands are all they care about.

In the third place, many may refute that without each specific job or process well done, success is nowhere to find.
Admittedly, the consequences of all the happenings depend largely on each sub-tasks. Furthermore, some claim that the focus should be on the
process or task on hand. Here we part company. Just imagine what would be like if we do not worry about results at all.
As far as I am concerned, seeing a big picture helps all the sub-tasks work more effectively and efficiently
towards success, while "near-eye-sighted" would possibly, if not surely, undermine the long-term success.

In conclusion, based upon the above-mentioned reasoning and examples, it is not difficult to draw the conclusion
 that result-oriented methods increase the possibility of success and meanwhile help organizing specific tasks to
achieve that success.

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