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...Haste can make waste, [but] a stitch in time saves nine. If we use the technology to accelerate, use the products, use the services that are designed to buy us this time, then you can change from the word "haste" to "leveraging the speed." Harnessing this oncoming force and use it to our advantage. That's the opposite of waste. That's where we have bought us the time to have more life than we have and enjoy it even more. It turns out that the fortuneteller...
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...make peace with the whoosh of your 24/7 lifestyle, says this thought-provoking new book. Just as the 1998 mega-best seller Who Moved My Cheese? advised readers to embrace change, author Poscente advocates coming to terms with--nay, savoring--the "more-faster-now world." His contrarian message: "Speed leads to a more pleasant, less stressful experience...
...author knows a thing or two about velocity, having competed in speed skiing, a demo event at the 1992 Olympics. (His personal best: 135 m.p.h., or 217 km/h.) A business consultant with a master's degree in organizational management, Poscente admires swiftness in companies as well as individuals. Google, he says, "knows how to harness the power of speed," whereas Kodak "actively resisted speed even though its environment demanded it." He identifies four pop-psychology types: Zeppelins, who stubbornly resist speeding up; Balloons, whose occupations remove them from the need for speed; Bottle Rockets, who race around recklessly; and Jets...
...what's the big rush? "Every time we speed up the time it takes to complete an unimportant task," he says, "we create the possibility of more time to spend doing what we feel is significant--whether it's building a business or watching the sunset." In other words, rush around all day and you might save up enough time to smell the roses. Well, maybe. But a true speed freak will probably use the extra time to squeeze out a few more e-mail messages. Still, Poscente's message of picking up the pace and enjoying...