Slow is smooth, smooth is fast: Navy SEALs' efficiency secret

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Post by squircle » Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 9:34 PM UTC

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast: Navy SEALs' efficiency secret
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Post by desktopninja » Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 10:10 PM UTC

Have long stood by this belief and still do but modern IT calls it legacy and antiquated. Oh how we've lost The Plot.

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Post by leptons » Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 10:38 PM UTC

I think I can relate to this. I have a lot of projects that are time-sensitive. An event is coming up and I have a big project to do for it. The event is on a specific date, and there is no pushing that date back, it's a hard-stop. Moving a bit slower at first and focusing on the essentials and doing them well helps me move faster towards the end when I start to focus on smaller details.

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Post by singleshot_ » Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 10:39 PM UTC

I have a hard time believing that this phraseology originated in the military given its historical use in the motorsports community. See Alain Proust, who professed to embody this philosophy.

Granted the SEAL community predated Prousts F1 participation, but SeAL tactics were not top of mind in 80s popular culture like they are today.

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Post by lubujackson » Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 10:40 PM UTC

"Pants on fire" startups would do well to learn from this... a whole lot less stress and better results vs. slamming out midnight patches.

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Post by hi-v-rocknroll » Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 10:40 PM UTC

desktopninja wrote: post #2

Have long stood by this belief and still do but modern IT calls it legacy and antiquated. Oh how we've lost The Plot.

The modern attitude is discard everything "old", not immediately understood, and abandon standardization and simplicity.

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Post by annoyingnoob » Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 10:45 PM UTC

I learned this in racing school.

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Post by dbg31415 » Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 10:46 PM UTC

I remember my dad saying this since the early 80s at least. He was in the service in the 60s.

He would also say, “If you’re in a hurry, then you don’t have time to rush!”

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Post by iwontberude » Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 10:46 PM UTC

The brakes on the car help it to get around the track faster.

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Post by tracerbulletx » Thu, Aug 15, 2024, 10:48 PM UTC

singleshot_ wrote: post #4

I have a hard time believing that this phraseology originated in the military given its historical use in the motorsports community. See Alain Proust, who professed to embody this philosophy. Granted the SEAL community predated Prousts F1 participation, but SeAL tactics were not top of mind in 80s popular culture like they are today.

Festina lente.