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Debbie Millman: The Speed of Achievement

Hurry Slowly

CHAPTER

The Importance of Slowing Down

I feel like we're swimming in this sea of achievement-oriented, like, do more hustle, harder stuff. It makes it incredibly difficult to slow down and to appreciate what you've achieved or just enjoy the process of making something. Even the notion of what you want to be when you grow up has changed. I was a fortune teller in a elementary school Halloween party many years ago at this point and had a crystal ball. And there was this sense of, I just want to be this thing, not make this thing. Although that was then refuted by the best answer that anyone's ever given me. So there's hope.

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