In school there were overachievers, who put as much as they could in a task the teacher gives to them and always chased the highest grade, and half-asses, who a

In school there were overachievers, who put as much as they could in a task the teacher gives to them and always chased the highest grade, and half-asses, who always scraped by with the least amount of work necessary. They did so mostly indiscriminately of the task. Which is the best approach? I think it's being both, with an extra step: first, for each task determining with agency what is the quality target you want to reach, and then half-assing it with everything you've got to attain that goal, and no more or less.