The people who know me well and especially those (really unlucky ones) who have lived with me are able to confirm that I have the attention span of a bored gnat....
It's really foggy today...
Anyway, I am veeeery easily distracted and like to lots on the go to be able to switch from one project/task to another when I get bored. However, I do take pride in getting things done: 1) Well and 2) Quickly and was not aware that I sometimes tip more heavily to one side of the scale than another so the observation of MEC really hit home.
Nowadays, everything is at your fingertips and generally being "Fast" is a good thing. You get things done quicker, you hit/ exceed your deadlines, if someone wants something done fast, go to X, HarderBetterFasterStronger, etc... This is all well and good until you step in it. Which, let's face it, we've all done at some point in our lives.
At (my) work (and probably yours too) everything is due YESTERDAY or, if you're lucky, an hour ago, which results in your having to make quick decisions, being able to produce the goods in five minutes flat and ready to present in ten and generally being able to operate under pressure. Today MEC helped me to realise that there's always time to leave things to one side to breathe for five minutes before deciding/submitting/sending - no-one's going to die. So from now on, I shall be imposing a cooling down period after finishing a task, dreaming up a brilliant idea, making an onthespot decision so to avoid over acceleration resulting in a nasty crash! Thank you MEC.
Slow and steady may not always win the race (sorry Aesop, I still think you're very wise) but sometimes you need to be more tortoise and less hare and I for one will be dusting off my shell for the time being.
Now, what else to do?...
(ps. this blog post had spent 5mins relaxing in my drafts folder before publishing. Start as you mean to go on)
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