Major Valerie “Twitch” Wetzbarger is an instructor pilot with the 56th Fighter Wing of the US Air Force.
She is also one of the very few pilots who get to fly the F-35, the multi-billion-dollar stealth fighter that Lockheed Martin has been developing over the past decade or so.
Asked what lessons she has drawn from flying the F-35 (which is essentially a sentient death rocket that melds with the pilot’s body and shoots her into the clouds at 1,200 miles per hour), Major Wetzbarger commented:
“Some of my favorite advice is, ‘Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.’ This means slow down, do your part right the first time, and that will be quicker in the end.”
I read the above quote a few weeks ago, and it resonated with me. So I’ve taken Major Wetzbarger’s advice and I’ve refashioned it for myself:
“Go slow, and do one thing at a time.”
It’s been working very well. I’ve been getting more done by slowing down, plus I feel much better during the day. But here’s an important disclaimer:
This productivity tip works for me.
That’s because my brain is like a skittish white rabbit that makes its home in the future and only rarely and briefly comes into the present.
In other words, I’m always thinking about things that are coming up — and never things that are here.
Not only is this a recipe for being inefficient with whatever I’m working on, it’s also a recipe for needless worry and stress (“Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting!”)
And that’s why, if you do NOT have the problem of constantly living in the future, I won’t presume to give you productivity advice.
On the other hand, if you have the same white rabbit tendency as I do, then try slowing down instead of hurrying up. It might make a lot of difference in what you get done.
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