In summer I often do a flight from Auckland to Great Barrier Island.
These are tiny little planes, and sometimes you can sometimes get the seat right next to the pilot and watch them tick off the pre-flight checklist.
Switches here, dials there. On/off… they work their way through methodically.
In this case, it’s about a specific, tried and true method. There’s a fair bit on the line.
For many of us though, our day to day setup is a little less risky.
In fact, we find we’re in a position to explore options, and we can move fast.
And when we let go of perfection, we can really start exploring at speed. A new cafe that’s opened up? Go. There’s someone you’d like to interview? Email them. There’s a new project that you want to start? Do it.
Where this gets even more interesting though is that by moving faster, the number of options available to you really expands. You can find the diet that’s right for you. You can find a way of exercise that works, you can do both projects, not just one.
You’ve got time.
Of course there’s still intent. We still need to meet standards and we can’t over-leverage on things that aren’t working, but usually this isn’t the issue. When we “move fast,” we’re really just creating a bias for action.
We are simply learning to get past the voice in our head that slows us down so much.
