The Thought: We live in a world that values speed and hurry over slow and steady. The result leads to burnout, depression, and anxiety because we’re behind and can’t keep up.
We lack margin, peace, and joy.
This is where I found myself—on the brink. I’m here to thread my story together to help others avoid falling off the cliff.
Travel to any corner of the entrepreneurial world, tap someone on the shoulder, and ask them if they feel “behind.”
The answer? Yes.
We became entrepreneurs for freedom, yet we find ourselves slaves to someone else’s voice, expectations, values, and desires, attach ourselves to them, and then wonder why we don’t feel good.
I want to give some thoughts on this and why I think Slow is the New Sexy…
The best drives I’ve ever taken are close to sunset on an early summer day through rolling green hills, going the speed limit, or maybe a little below because I don’t want the moment to pass.
That’s what I want my life to be…
Moments that I don’t want to pass.
That’s what I want my business to be.
Yet, it’s mostly always been full throttle. Never taking any time to “look out the window.” No wonder we burn out.
3 Things for Us To Consider:
- Am I Going My Speed?Sure, there are seasons I need to go at a faster pace. You can’t drive an F1 car from NC to CA, though.
Why do I feel like I need to get from where I am to where I want to go fast? When you think about it, someone else has probably told me to.
If I’m not going 100 miles per hour or not “scaling fast,” I must be broken. So, we find ourselves in an echo chamber of a need for speed. Meanwhile, so many of these people are miserable, with little peace. I’ll take the peace all day!
So what pace gives peace? Go that speed.
What’s the difference if you get there six months from now instead of 60 days (assuming our baselines are covered)?
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- Am I Enjoying the Journey?Angst and operating according to someone else’s values is a speedy way not to enjoy the journey. It’s like that annoying kid in the back seat saying, “Are we there yet”? That’s probably your internal child talk’n. 😜
If I’m working on and building what I want for the pure art, service, and love of it—-THAT is THE WIN!
Can I do this thing for years to come? If the answer is no, it doesn’t matter how much money or goals are achieved. It’ll suck (maybe not entirely). Something will need to shift.
Enjoying my work is what I’m after. It’s a process to refine and must be unearthed. I think it’s time we stop doing things just because we “should.” Screw that.
- Systems vs GoalsWe are a highly goal-oriented tribe of people. And if we’re not accomplishing those goals, we’re depressed.
If we accomplish those goals, we’re delighted for 5 minutes, then depressed because we’re not achieving our new goals yet. hahahaha. I’m not wrong!
Listen, I don’t think goals are wrong. We need them to give us direction. I think focusing on systems is better.
What does that even mean? The process or system I’m working on building every day. It’s the thing I can execute even when I don’t “feel like it.” If I do that consistently over time-achieving a goal is inevitable.
Suppose I can enjoy the system/process/journey, boy, oh boy. That changes everything. It
You’ll probably want to go slower when enjoying the drive because you don’t want it to end.
Think about it. 😉
C
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