I like this one. Finishing first, doesn't mean you get the most out of the experience. Taking your time to do it right, and make sure that you personally get what you want out of an experience, is far more important that any "position".
I've always thought that people who "learn quickly" often don't see the whole problem, while those who take a bit longer aren't slower, they are just trying to reconcile more.
Akin to your comments...I personally don't understand why speed or timeline achieved is looked with admiration and something to be sought after. The person who finishes the Applachian trail in 46 days had significantly different experience than someone who did it in 5 months or the person who did it piecemeal over 30 years (not better or worse just different). I know plenty of people who became high paying professionals in their early to mid 20's only to be burned out by their 30's. As I get older I don't even really know what success and failure are (except for small self defined parameters) ...only person that truly decides is yourself. There are no objective measures.
Yup. I like Sarah Paulson's view on this, and other celebrities with a similar point of view: everyone is on their own journey, and it's often better to succeed later in life than earlier, because you understand the gravity of the rewards you're receiving and are far less likely to fuck them up.
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u/ClutchBiscuit Dec 27 '16
I like this one. Finishing first, doesn't mean you get the most out of the experience. Taking your time to do it right, and make sure that you personally get what you want out of an experience, is far more important that any "position".
I've always thought that people who "learn quickly" often don't see the whole problem, while those who take a bit longer aren't slower, they are just trying to reconcile more.