Speed resistance
Recognising that the journey is often more personally fulfilling than the destination is a more sustainable approach towards excellence and joy.
It's easy to get sucked into the pervasive modern idea that the best way to respond to an accelerating world of speed - is to behave with equal 'quickness'.
Swallowing the idea 'that the world now operates in a state of constant flux' - we now find ourselves 'always-on', hustling, trying to keep up with trends as and when they happen...simply to try to stay relevant.
But as much as many systems are indeed rapidly changing, their core integrity also remains constant. Reflecting the change without also considering what remains the same can not only be physically and mentally exhausting, but strategically catastrophic.
A blind obsession with volatility, without pause to carefully consider implications, distorts the quality of decision-making and overall performance.
Believing that time is limited and growth-above-all is the only metric worth chasing is not exactly a good recipe for wellbeing. Challenging speed with higher-levels of the same can only lead to an eventual unravelling of control.
Recognising that the journey is often more personally fulfilling than the destination is a more sustainable approach towards excellence and joy.
Choosing speed resistance is not a choice that's anti-growth or a desire to go back to 'the good old days', but rather a taking control of uncertainty and carefully selecting the best response that benefits those that mean the most.