Imperfect Haste

Thanks to @Care2JoinMe:

Haste is the mother of imperfection

This Brazilian proverb very succinctly summarizes something that should be obvious to anyone who gives it a moment’s thought.

Unfortunately, haste usually denies that moment of thought.

We tend to be in a permanent rush, as if a failure to accomplish something right now is equivalent to a failure to accomplish anything at all.  What many fail to see is that the accomplishment will better stand the test of time and quality if a little more time is taken up front.

More haste.  More mistakes.  More cut corners.  More imperfection.

It is a logical progression; unfortunately, our non-logical minds tend to miss it all the time.

Before you start anything, no matter how urgent it appears to be, take a moment.  Even if you don’t plan on paper, plan your course of action.  Re-evaluate this plan constantly; make every step deliberate.

Do not accomplish by accident, accomplish by purpose.  Know what you did.  Know how you did it.  Know that you did it.

And the accomplishment will be yours.