The work necessary to maintain peace Change Your education The education of other people, old and new Work to improve and maintain public health The… Read More »As Long As It Takes (3): Things Which By Their Nature Are Never Finished
This is not to say that you can’t or shouldn’t affect the speed at which these things happen – just that when you’ve done what… Read More »As Long As It Takes (2): Things That Take As Long As They Take (and which you can’t or don’t want to rush)
We speed addicts must crash to earth. We have to give up. You surrender to the reality that things just take the time they take,… Read More »As Long As It Takes (1): Oliver Burkeman on Patience
… works if you’re a rally driver – some of the time. Spend much time there and you will crash, which is fine if you’re… Read More »The edge of control
Rushing is usually a bad idea. We get flustered or anxious, we forget or ignore important things, and we often feel guilty about it afterwards.… Read More »Variable speed
Some examples to illustrate what it means to maximise components rather than systems – and why it’s best avoided: Sports teams with star players that… Read More »Maximising components vs maximising systems
…before you leave the house is not the time to start moving faster. Strange things happen to time in the last ten, and the minutes… Read More »The last ten minutes…