Slowing Down

-- I came, I was conquered, I was born again. ἵνα ὦσιν ἓν

when i get too exited

it is time for my cookies and milk
and my blankie

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Whenever I get the urge to hurry things, I go to my bedroom and lay down untill the urge passes over.

-- Tom D

i turn off my phones and I go with my daughter and I see a little tv or a movie
cartoons

-- Sorry I do not speak English very well, nor write, but I learn

I just ,pull up the memories from the past, of the things I screwed up,and the time it took to fix the screw up, from rushing, then take a break, screw my head back on right, and go back to it.
And remember ,getting in a hurry ,can get you hurt.

-- E J ------- Always Keep a Firm Grip on Your Tool

If there’s time to fix the mistake, then there was time to do it right the first time!

-- Sam Hamory - The project is never finished until its "Finished"!

After the mistake, You have to make, time to fix the mistake, before the mistake ,you have a choice.

-- E J ------- Always Keep a Firm Grip on Your Tool

LOL. I seldom rush at anything anymore (retirement will do that to you) but I still make mistakes. I look at it this way, if it wasn’t for my mistakes, I wouldn’t have nearly as much to occupy my time. ;^)))

-- ♫♪♪♫♫ Saddletramp, saddletramp, I'm as free as the breeze and I ride where I please, saddletramp ♪♪♪♫♪ ...... Bob W....NW Michigan (Traverse City area)

I always try to take time out to de-stress after “relaxing” in the shop…

-- Happiness is like wetting your pants...everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth....

I’ve got a big deadline coming up and I have to get a lot done today and tomorrow. I really hate it when I get into these situations. This is when I rush too much and work too long. This is also the type of situation that increases the risk of an accident.

-- Rich, Cedar Rapids, IA - I'm a woodworker. I don't create beauty, I reveal it.

It’s always best to plan before you start, make parts list and a few drawings, and think out the whole project and the order of all your steps. All of this invariably saves time. One of these days I am going to follow my own advice. ;-)

-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

Never put off until tomorrow that which can be put off ‘till the day after! :-)

-- Don, Somerset UK, http://www.donjohnson24.co.uk

This is the prototype I’ll do better on the project, or this is just temporary till I decide what I want to do.
So now you know the secret of my success I make a lot of temporary prototype projects. LOL
Now if I can slow down my A.D.D. I can work on a project.

-- I don't make mistakes, I have great learning lessons, Greg

Haste and indecision are teh world’s greatest wasters of time.

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

I think what has slowed me down the most in my work, is being 59 instead of 19!
But that is not all simply about age. I was raised in a production shop by a dad who was like a bull in a china closet. He had 2 speeds—fast & get out of my way!!!!!!! He actually was a pretty good woodworker and very productive—-when he didn’t make mistakes.

Then an excellent craftsman moved in next door to out shop. In my early 20’s, I quickly saw the difference in quality, and knew which way I wanted to go. Since I have worked in production all my career, I had to learn to balance the two. I am able to shift gears when I am working on personal projects at home. I still don’t waste a lot of time, even as a hobbyist, but I do whatever it takes to acheive the quality I want.

-- http://shepherdtoolandsupply.com/