What makes the difference between something good and something great? One answer lies in the love for detail.
When you use a great product for the first time, it's hard to pinpoint the specific elements that make the experience exceptional. It isn’t any one detail alone, but the love for the craft that emerges as the details accumulate.
To create something truly great, you must be obsessed with the details. Those driven by external outcomes will never create something as remarkable as those who work for its own sake—the people who find love and joy in the craft, obsessing over every detail.
Simply getting the details right for their own sake isn’t enough. It’s the details that bring your idea to life in the best possible way. Love for detail only creates greatness when it serves the end product you are crafting.
Whether consciously or not, people notice. They may not be able to pinpoint exactly what it was, but greatness stands out when seen. Love for detail is a worthy pursuit.