Super Quick Is Almost Always Slower!

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A story my grandfather told me when he knew I had come to visit him on my scooter goes like this:

There was once a man on a horse chasing another man on a camel. He passed by some people sitting on the street and asked, “Have you seen a man on a camel?” They said, “Yeah, he just passed about ten minutes ago. If you ride slow, you’ll catch him.”

He laughed, thinking they were crazy. How could riding slow help him catch someone? So he pushed his horse as fast as he could. But after a few minutes, the horse was exhausted and couldn’t move anymore. That’s when he realized—they were right. If he had ridden slower, he would have caught him.

I couldn’t help but realize that whenever you try to find a shortcut, you often end up on a longer path. For example, six years ago, I was always searching for tricks, hacks, or shortcuts—anything that could get me big results fast. But chasing those shortcuts led me down much longer paths. If I had simply walked a steady path, I would have achieved much more by now.

This doesn’t mean you should always give your goals a long timeframe. It just means that chasing something just because it’s quicker often makes it take longer. If you love something and are passionate about it, don’t look for shortcuts, tricks, or hacks. And in general, stay away from anything that looks like a get-rich-quick scheme or promises big results with little effort. Those things only waste your time.

I hope this makes sense and is clear as I intended it to be