A rushed agreement usually benefits whoever needed patience less.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Speed favors whoever can afford to wait. When one side is under a deadline and the other is not, the terms drift toward the patient party without anyone doing anything clever, simply because time is doing the work. Rushing is therefore rarely neutral. It is usually a transfer of value to the person with fewer constraints.
Before agreeing quickly, ask whose deadline is driving this and whether it is real. If it is not yours, slow down. If it is, try to create time before you negotiate rather than accepting terms shaped by the clock.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Where has hurry cost you more than waiting would have?
MORE IN PATIENCE & TIMING
- A relationship that rushes every milestone usually skips the ones that matter. Let things happen in order.
- A lot of skills plateau for a while before the next jump. The flat part is where people quit and miss what was coming.
- In chess, the player who rushes the attack often leaves their own king wide open. Hurry has blind spots.
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