Why is it important to work at a natural pace? 16

1. Do fewer things at once.
2. Work at natural pace.
3. Obsess over quality.

I have left and lost so many jobs, and what I tried to make a career once, because I naturally followed the 3 principals outlined in this content. The one that NO employer will allow is working at a "natural pace" ! I have burned out and broken my body to work at the pace they deemed acceptable because some other idiot raised the bar by doing it faster. Or the guy that had been doing it longer was faster. If you're not as fast as them after learning the job in a couple weeks, you're done, or scolded until you rage quit because you can't stand being nagged by supervisors or customers. Nobody cares about quality. They just want it done NOW! Employers, from my experience, will always put their bottom line above your mental health!

Good advice for many jobs, wouldn’t work as a nurse. We are constantly and consistently juggling many different tasks at once, and we do it for 12 to 16 hours straight, minus one 30 minute lunch break that we can sometimes take and sometimes not.

Great stuff. It's reassuring that we're finally starting to move beyond 'Taylorism' management methods. Humans are not machines and we yield better outcomes when we aren't treated as such.

When i feel like rushing through my life, i try to remind myself that "slow and steady wins the race"

I am crippled by long covid. The silver lining is that my life is slower, calmer, and in many ways, much more peaceful. I use these techniques to great success. It’s nice to have the time, and patience for quality in my tasks.

Thank you so much. I have noticed that I am most productive in the warm summer months compared to the cooler months. Sometimes I struggle to get things done on rainy days. I learned to not fight it because I burn out easily and it takes me at least a week to get back to my normal self

I love routines because I find them super relaxing. Also I never multitask, I like when things take the time they need and are the focus point of the day.

I can't help but feel business leaders would take your point about natural rate and the ebbs and flows of work as being, "So you can be hitting the red line some of the time, and then smashing the rev limiter so hard you're getting valve float the rest."

Genuinely feels like everyone in industry is exhausted. Getting more blood from stone is the phrase that comes to mind.

Seasons hella matter. We used to only work a sum of 6 months of the year. Now we’ve got work 12 months of the year. Even kids have 9 months or more.

I can relate to this. My sup tends to comment on my speed and keep on reminding me that it's better to mind the errors for later, but couldn't do away with me and my work because the articles and the plans I submit are more thorough, spot on, and even does a better approach than those of my "faster" colleagues.

I follow this idea when learning and composing music.
But the funny thing is I followed steps and got inspired from my workout.
If you exercise you know how important the rest is.
If you are exercising too much your body is going to get hurt. So u need rest. Also the diet. Diet is far more important than what u think. So if your diet and rest in gud u r going to see growth.
Also I have seen people doing extremely good workouts then reach a certain point and eventually lose interest.
Instead it's better to make it a lifestyle and see growth on a very minimum level.
It's rewarding. You have a gud control over yourself also u ll feel gud.
I follow exactly the same steps in every aspect of your whole life.

Fewer Things at Once:
Natural Pace:
Obsess Over Quality:

Fewer Things at Once:
Focus on doing fewer things simultaneously.
Attention residue from switching tasks reduces cognitive capacity.
Completing commitments faster and with higher quality.

Natural Pace:
Embrace natural rhythms.
Intense periods balanced with less busy times.
Sustainable outcomes and better work quality.

Obsess Over Quality:
Identify high-value activities.
Invest in better tools.
Slow down, focus, and improve.

by GPT Breeze

Great idea, yeah I would love to work in a place like that. The reality is we can not do fewer things at once, and working at a natural pace in today's world, to many organisations this is unrealistic, you will lose your job!

Every C suite in the world should read this and espouse it. We work against our own biological rhythms by being output-centered and constant push to innovate and iterate. The macro of that is pushing us to our own untimely demise as a species. Nothing in nature is rushed or in a hurry, only human beings.