Do yo ever feel like you’re rushing things? Perhaps you’re struggling to keep up with an ever-increasing workload, or even picking up other people’s slack. Whatever you’re rushing, stop!
You see, a rushed solution isn’t really a solution at all. The best solutions are like fine red wine. They get better as time goes on. With time, ideas and solutions develop in many complex ways. With an aged, mature wine, you get to taste the many nuances, whilst with ideas and solutions you get to understand them.
In simplistic terms, you spend more time thinking about how to do something, and less time actually doing it. The more preparation you do, the better your end results are likely to be. A wise executive once told me that he found eighty percent of his time should be spent in contemplation, any less found him too involved in operational tasks. That’s a considerable slice of time, but it results in some wonderfully well thought out results, a little like a fine Burgundy.
Of course to make the best red wine, you need the very best grapes. If you try to age a terrible wine, you’ll only end up with a terrible wine. The same holds true for any solution. Time doesn’t turn a bad idea into a good idea, so don’t mull over your bad prospects for too long.
The point isn’t to procrastinate over everything, but rather to take time out for thinking. Allow time for your ideas to mature, and they’ll be much better for it.
I agree and disagree with you…
Yes some decisions take time…in every aspect of life,the college you want to go to,the person you want to spend the rest of the life with…if you want to fire the new guy,etc
But sometimes…you need to act fast,on the heat of the moment,take a risk.
It’s just my humble opinion…it depends on the situation,but sometimes you need to act fast!
Great article,thank you!