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What You Gain When You Stop Rushing

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Hillman Lentz
Oct 20, 2025
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We’re the only species arrogant enough to think life runs on deadlines. Birds don’t check their calendars before building a nest. Trees don’t panic because they didn’t hit “quarterly growth targets.” Yet humans convince ourselves we’re failing if we’re not hitting some made-up timeline — and it’s complete bullshit.

Slowing down isn’t laziness. It’s align…

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