7th March 2012
Speed and Quick Are Different Things!
Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness - and there's a big difference.
Ty Cobb
Speed, fast, quick etc are some of the terms to define the time we take to do a project or an activity. We have to understand the subtle difference between these terms. We have to be quick to respond; we have to be quick to exploit an opportunity; we have to be quick to decide on important things in life.
Speed is the rate at which we execute a project. Let's take the example of a car race. If there is a flat tyre, the driver has to quickly decide the course of action to put the car back into the race; the pit crew should change the punctured tyre at a great speed.
Quickness is a measure of how fast we decide on important issues that affect our life. We may be in a wrong business or we may be in the right business but the business equations are changing fast. In such a situation, we have to quickly decide to change our business line. Any delay without a valid reason amounts to procrastination. But once we decide to change our business, we have to be very fast and act with high speed to execute our next project.
What will happen if our reflexes are slow? I want to explain this by an example I read about why Dinosaurs became an extinct species.
Curious to know what that is? Wait for a day!
N C Sridharan
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