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If You’re in a Hurry, Go Slowly

Author

Lothar Seiwert

Publication Date

1998

Finish Date

2024

Genre

Stress Management

Summary

The goal of this book is to help you slow down and be more mindful in your daily life. The author argues that by slowing down, you can actually accomplish more and be more productive. The book is filled with practical tips and exercises to help you slow down and be more mindful.

Keywords

Stress, Slowing down, Mindfulness, Time management

Key Takeaways

  1. Live Life Fully: If you could live your life over, try to make more mistakes. Don't strive for perfection; relax more, watch more sunsets, travel more, climb more mountains, swim in more rivers. No one on their deathbed ever said, "I wish I had spent more time at the office."
  2. Go Slow: If you're in a hurry, go slowly. If you're in a real rush, take a detour.
  3. Till Eulenspiegel's Lesson: On his way to Karlsruhe, Till was overtaken by a fast carriage that asked how long it would take to get to Karlsruhe. Till replied, "If you're in a hurry, go slowly." The carriage rushed off, and later Till found it in a ditch. He asked, "Are you in a hurry?"
  4. Patience with Growth: You can pull on an olive as much as you want, but it won't ripen faster.
  5. Hurry Sickness: The belief that doing everything faster will enable you to accomplish everything.
  6. Comprehensive Calendar: A must-have for managing your time effectively.
  7. Enhance Life: You can't add more days to life, but you can add more life to your days.
  8. Dosage Matters: Whether something is a poison or a medicine depends on the dose.
  9. Vision for Motivation: If you want to build a ship, don't gather people to collect wood, assign tasks, and divide work; instead, teach them to long for the endless sea, and the ship will build itself. A company needs a vision.
  10. Purpose of Work: Question if the purpose of life is to wake up at 5 AM and come home at 6 PM if you don't enjoy your work.
  11. Roles in Life: Every role we play is a hat we wear. Sometimes we forget we're wearing the hat and think we are the hat. Some hats no longer fit us, and we should take them off.
  12. Priorities Management: Good time management is simply good priorities management.
  13. Importance vs. Urgency: We often do urgent things but not always the important ones. To achieve long-term goals, focus on important tasks.

Ranking 1-10

  • Easy to Hard: 3
  • Learning: 5
  • Would recommend: 6