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What to do when you want to move faster!
Why Can’t I Go Faster?!
I was laughing with a client this week about her impatience at how long something was taking.
“Why does it need to take them so long to send me XX report!” she moaned.
But there was a resignation in her frustration, she knew that giving in to the impatience was not the way to speed things up.
This is so common in our instant society, where we can go online and find out anything at the click of a button, have our deliveries the next day, or even sooner in some parts of the world.
And for what? It doesn’t seem to make us happier. Nor is it usually very effective at getting others to respond to our frantic demands!
#Truth
“What if it’s taking as long as it needs to take?” I replied.
We talked about what we both saw in the phrase and why seeing the truth in it gives us a different perspective on life.
Often the advice is to take a breath, slow down and tell yourself to be patient. But, to me, that sounds like trying to talk myself into something I don’t believe. Sure, I can do that — or at least try — but it feels like I’m going against the grain of what’s true.
