Acceleration is felt, velocity is ignored

On an airplane, we notice even tiny changes in acceleration (including direction) but we’re completely unaware that we’re traveling at hundreds of miles an hour. “Compared to what” is the unstated question that we ask ourselves, all the time. Consumers, employees and peers are unlikely to think about what’s already a given. It’s the changes

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Act now!

Start where you are. Start with what you’ve got. Start now. Now is the perfect moment. It only feels ‘fast’ if we’re rushing. Don’t rush. But act. With deliberate progress.

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The buffet problem

The next dish. It might be better than the one you have now. The presence of the next dish, its possibility, corrodes our experience. “Compared to what?” keeps needling us. The next email, the next text, the next blog post. It arrives, unbidden, unasked for. Here it comes. Next. Like Lucy in the chocolate factory,

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