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		hef19898 on April 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, ... There is a french saying I first heard back during the 2008 crisis: "It's urgent to wait". I liked it, consicously waiting might be exaclty what one should do now. Don't rush, wait, and move once you have to. Like the line in the movie "Shooter": "Slow is precise and precise is fast". Just rushing things now because of reasons can do more demage than good. EDIT: Typos

meheleventyone on April 3, 2020 [–]

Yeah the classic phrase I've heard is "slow is smooth, smooth is fast, speed is in the efficiency of motion" which is a reminder that by trying to go fast we often get sloppy and it can be faster to be smooth and precise than quick and sloppy.

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