A WORD ON WORKING SLOWER

I recently read an eighteenth-century economic paper on productivity entitled See-Saw Margery Daw. The central premise is that if Jack could just work quicker, he’d make more money.

On the surface, it makes sense. But every time I try and work faster my mind spins like a top. All of a sudden, I’m bouncing between emails, SMS messages, diary notations and various projects like a pinball.

By the end of the day, my desk looks like Oklahoma farmland following a twister and my anxiety is through the roof.

Perhaps I am more productive, but by the end of the week I am shattered. Meanwhile, Jack with his penny-a-day looks pretty pleased with himself.

So, take my advice. Find a pace that works for you and stick with it. You may not be wealthier, but you will be happier. A philosophy fully endorsed by the twentieth-century economic paper, The Tortoise and the Hare.

David Westgate is a speaker for the Black Dog Institute, Mental Health Ambassador for Assure Programs and bipolar 1.

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