Go Slow.
prepmanagementinc • January 15, 2022
We are always in a rush. I've lived in the fastest place in America in New York & the slowest in Indiana, and for all of the socio-economic & geopolitical differences the people inhabiting these two places have one thing in common: the need to get on to the next as soon as possible.
From texts back to a successful career, we want it all and want it NOW. The feelings of instant gratification that drive this mode of action, however, are only satisfied momentarily. We're on a constant quest for consumption, but somehow we're left empty. Devoid of fulfillment and trying to satiate our need for stimulation with...more stimulation.
Going too fast and consuming so much without stopping to think with the value of your actions is an endless cycle that leads to nowhere. When we go too fast we miss the details that come with every situation in life. The context clues in the text. The key detail in a business document. These are the things we take for granted when we live for stimulation and not gratification. When we live life like a blur.
Take a breath. Go Slow.
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