To Be Faster You Need To Slow Down
Make Haste Slowly
This paradox has survived centuries because it’s true.
Rushing kills depth. Sloth kills momentum.
It all comes down to execution and living with contradictions:
When you execute well, you move faster. But speed without balance ruins joy.
Eating becomes just “fuel”
Cooking becomes a “microwave” chore
Rest is nothing more than Netflix or binge-scrolling time
We Need Stories
1. The Old Man & The Well
There’s an old story of an old man getting water from a well.
A young man notices his method and advises how to do faster and easier.
The old man rejects the idea instantly. His slow “impractical” way has focus and care.
For him, if it were too easy, the water wouldn’t taste as good.
The old man didn’t just want water. He wanted to enjoy every sip.
The faster you reach your treasure, the less you value it.
2. From Hollywood
Everyone loves sun and sea. Until there is no shade, swimsuit, and escape.
Papillon 2017:
Sun burned the prisoner.
Water contained him.
Count of Monte Cristo 2002:
The prisoner never had sun until he escaped.
So sun was a sweet joy for him.
The sun is the sun. Only the scenario changes. Again, contradictions define us.
Time To Get Practical
Learn to execute better.
The speed will adjust with the skill.
Understand what friction messes with your execution.
Batch work.
Be tactical.
And learn Parkinson’s Law:
Work expands to fill the time given.
Challenge to do more in less time, without reducing quality.
Simple. Not easy.
Shrink the time. But don’t shrink life.
A simple framework
Build your Eisenhower Tower.
Design your action plan.
Focus only on what matters in Parkinson’s law mode.
Refuse minutiae.
At first, you’ll be clumsy. Slow. Maybe terrible.
But that’s normal.
Progress compounds.
Last Thoughts
Remember, choice is mandatory.
There are no voids in real life. If you don’t choose something, someone, or something will choose for you.
So choose.
Lifeward,
PS
Flow Pantheon (sharpen focus, clarity, execution).
PPS
Want introspection?
Reasons why you are slow:
https://newsletter.georgelongovitis.com/p/why-you-are-slow