{"id":1889,"date":"2011-07-25T18:11:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T22:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=1889"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:48","slug":"how-fast-is-fast-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2011\/07\/how-fast-is-fast-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"How Fast is Fast Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over the past few weeks I’ve found myself in numerous conversations in which people confessed to feeling stressed to or beyond their capacity. A lot of the stories have to do with trying to keep up with an impossibly fast world, being “on” 24 hours a day, and needing to know everything instantaneously, deliver results NOW, and in general keep up with everything, all the time.
\nReally?\u00a0 REALLY?!
\nHave you heard the news:\u00a0 Stress kills?\u00a0 And here’s the other message you need to hear:\u00a0 You create 100% of your own stress!
\nIn the context of all these conversations about speed and stress, I received this simple reminder from Seth Godin’s blog:<\/p>\n
The value of breaking news (news = whatever is new to you) is dramatically overrated, and the cost of keeping up with what someone else thinks is urgent is just too high.<\/span> Especially given that this comes from one of the most followed and prolific bloggers on the internet, I thought this was just a great reminder that success in today’s world is not always about being fastest. Do we REALLY need to know everything, right now? The Speed of Life need only stress you if you choose to let it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,58],"tags":[349,41],"class_list":["post-1889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everyday-happiness","category-in-the-workplace","tag-speed-of-life","tag-stress-management","infinite-scroll-item"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIf it\u2019s important today, it will be important tomorrow. Far more productive to do the work instead of monitoring what\u2019s next.<\/span>
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\n[Exceptions: Emergency room doctors, producers at CNN, day traders.]\n<\/span><\/p>\n~*~*~*~*~*~<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nDo we REALLY need to know everything, right now?\u00a0 The Speed of Life need only stress you if you choose to let it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"