Sometimes Haste Doesn’t Make Waste

It was fast. It was furious. It wasn’t pretty.

很快，很急，看起来不好。

The results were good.Yet, the speedy effort blasted through a block of content creation that I was avoiding.

结果还是不错的，让赶时间毁坏我的创作是我一直在避免的。

Sometimes haste makes progress, not waste.

有时候匆忙会取得成功而不是浪费。

When Haste Doesn’t Make Waste

匆忙不会是浪费

People often ask me how to get more done. Whether it is to be more productive in their job, their personal life, or in their creative efforts.

人们通常问我要怎样才能做得更多。不管是高效的工作，过好自己的生活还是在努力地创作。

My answer is that sometimes you just have to put the pedal down.

我的答案是有时候放慢速度。

And generate some speed.

产生一些速度。

Yesterday, I used speed to help me accomplish a large amount of writing.

昨天，我用速度来帮我完成大量的创作工作。

I opened a text editor and wrote for over an hour. I typed as fast as I could. I didn’t stop to correct grammatical errors.

我打开文本编辑器，写作在1个小时以上。我尽可能的快速打字。我没有停下来纠正语法错误，

When I was done, I had written 7 articles.

做完的时候，我已经写了七篇文章。

Fast But Not Pretty

快但是不好

Try accelerating your efforts today.

试着让今天加速。

If you are writing a document (or book!)… just write.

如果你正在写文章（书），写就好。

Let the ideas flow. Get them out of your head. Let your fingers fly. Don’t stop for typos, mistakes, or incomplete sentences.

让灵感涌动。让他们冲出你的脑海。让你的手指跳舞。不要因草稿、错误或者不完整的句子停下来。

Just GO.

继续

And this speed concept doesn’t just apply to writing.

这种速度概念不仅能用于写作方面。

When brainstorming… let the ideas cover the page or whiteboard.

在头脑风暴的时候，让想法出现在纸上或是黑板上。

When prototyping… don’t make it pretty, just express the idea.

原型不怎么美观，只要能表达那个意思就行。

In meetings… reduce the time allowed instead of expanding it. You will accomplish more in less time.

在会议的时候不要增加时间而是减少时间。你会在更少的时间内完成更多的事情。

Go a little faster and you might surprise yourself.

稍微快一点，你可能自己都会惊讶。

The Speed of Progress

进步的速度

I can already hear you saying, “But, doesn’t haste mean waste?”

Or, “If I don’t do it right the first time… I’m going to have to do it again.”

我已经能听见你说的，“但是不匆忙就意味着浪费？”或者，“如果不在第一时间做，我就得再做一次。”

Both of these adages are true.

这些言语都是真实的。

Yet, sometimes what you need is pure speed.

有时候你需要的就是速度。

Speed can do all of these things when used appropriately.

使用合理有速度能将一切都做好。