Goalies who dive before the shot get beaten by the easy one. Commit too early and you’re guessing.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Committing before you have the information turns a skill into a gamble. Early movement feels decisive and looks brave, and it hands the other person an easy route, because you have already told them where you will not be. Waiting one beat longer is usually the whole difference between reading and guessing.
Find one place this week where you decide too fast. Picking a side before you have heard the argument, replying in the first ten seconds, choosing an answer before you have read the whole question. Hold for a beat, then move.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Where have you committed before you actually had to?
MORE IN PATIENCE & TIMING
- Your grandma plants tomatoes after the last frost, not before. Knowing when matters as much as knowing how.
- New puppies don’t learn “sit” in a day. Neither does a new hire. Be the trainer you’d want.
- In a loud group, the person who waits for a pause and then speaks clearly gets heard more than the loudest one.
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