Patience, The Virtue
Psychologist Martin Seligman says the ability to think and learn quickly provides extra time for the more conscious, slow processes of ‘planning, refining, checking for errors, and creativity’, but only if we know how and are able to slow down to begin with.
The very nature of intensity has a slow quality about it, one that, even for hard-wired fast movers and thinkers, zooms in on the moment and captures it, stopping time, if only for a moment. However, for many people with an intense drive to learn, insatiable curiosity, multipotentiality, and the long habit of moving and living quickly, being able to stop long enough to learn valuable skills is not only difficult, but unpleasant, even scary.
Social media expert Jay Baer has called for a support of slowness in social media and branding. He writes,
"It's up to all of us to redefine what social media 'success' looks like, to focus our efforts on building kinship day-to-day, and yielding sustained passion for the brand."
Opting out of social media, even for a day, frees up time to opt in to other areas of our lives.
Knowledge workers and the 'creative class' are succumbing to the pressures of today's world. We need to rescue ourselves by injecting some slow in our lives, no matter where we are in the chain of command. Engagement is good. So is disengaging every now and then.
Psychology Today
Psychology Today
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