Slow is Fast

Slow. Really slow.

It is really strange but the term slow evokes negative connotations, doesn’t it?

In a world where we pride people who are fast, Roger Bannister, who broke the mile barrier, for example, slow, is an insult.

Slow coach. Slow poke. Pejoratives for the lazy.

But there is slow, and then there is slow.

There is a slowing of your body caused by illness, fatigue, or even doing something that is beyond your capacity.

Then there is a deliberate, intentional slow, regulated by you.

Slow response to someone irritating you, while you evaluate the best option instead of flaring up.

Think Keanu Reeves dodging bullets in Matrix. His time frame differed from that of the bullet.

Which is the contradiction.

For you to be really fast, actually more appropriately, effective, you need to change your frame of time.

While you do not want your body to slow down because you are over whelmed, you certainly wish to exercise mastery over how the body responds.

This requires intent, practice and training.

But first we need to recognize that slow is fast.

There are many kinds, mental and physical.

Mental is the ability to process circumstances, events or even the future at a pace in which you are in complete control.

Physical is the ability to regulate how your body, heart, lung, arms and legs respond to circumstances.

You need both.

If this is confusing, let me see if I can help.

In order to be effective, you need to change the frames at which you process things. Think of one frame as one image. By taking in less per second, you become more effetive.

The question then is which frames do you take in and which do you avoid?

A lot will depend on what matters to you.

Once clear, you hone your skills to regulate mind and body.

Slow is fast.

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