Changing Speeds

“Spend a handful of hours a day going fast. Crush a gym session. Do deep work on a project you care about. Spend the rest of the day going slow. Take walks. Read books. Get a long dinner with friends. Either way, avoid the anxious middle where you never truly relax or truly move forward.” -Charles Miller

“The body will organize itself in accordance with the overall goal of the activity.” -Nikolai Bernstein

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” -Albert Einstein

What makes a great offensive player in sports like basketball or football or hockey for example, isn’t that the athlete goes fast all the time. It’s the athlete’s ability to recognize what the situation calls for, and then adjust their speed on a dime. (View these old clips of Barry Sanders for reference.)

The same holds true for your day to day. Recognize what the situation calls for and then go at the appropriate speed. That includes slowing down to relax and recover.

But as a general rule for your overall life…keep moving forward.

P.S. – H/t to my friend Dan for the Nikolai Bernstein quote above.