Be Quick - But Don't Hurry

We've all heard the expression "speed kills." And while that particular phrase was likely coined with regard to cars, or boats, or skiing, or any physical activity whose rapid momentum can cause (gulp) death - it also applies to business, and life.  At least the sentiment, that is. 

And why? Because speed, in and of itself, can be bad. Although we might like speedy service, or speedy success, or speedy whatever - the fact is that speed, for the sake of speed, can cause problems.  More often than not, speed can make for mistakes. It can lead to poor quality, failure and a host of unfortunate by-products.   

When we speed, we hurry. And when we hurry, we can mess up. Which makes the word hurry, like the word speed, subject to negative interpretations.  Put another way, if we over do speed and we hurry - which leads to subsequent, but avoidable, mistakes - than we might mess up our job, which can kill our career. (See how that works?)  At the very least, it can get us hurt, which impacts our ability to succeed. 

While it can be good to go fast, be quick and have a sense of urgency - we never want speed, or the hurry factor, to get in the way of a job well done.  Best case scenario, think fast AND accurate; it's a both/and - not an either/or.     

Fast AND Accurate Is Good.