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_posts/2026-05-22-slow-is-smooth-smooth-is-fast.md

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 [Slow is smooth, smooth is fast](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slow_is_smooth,_smooth_is_fast) is a neat phrase, but it is usually explained incompletely. People say: go slow, avoid mistakes, save time overall. That is true but it misses where the urge to rush comes from.
 
-The rush is mostly self-imposed, driven by embarrassment at spending longer than expected on something. Everyone talks about external pressure. The internal pressure gets ignored.
+The rush is mostly self-imposed. You feel embarrassed spending longer than expected, as if the time reflects on you rather than on the problem. You imagine a faster version of yourself who would have finished by now. Time estimates make this worse, reinforcing the idea that how long you spend is a measure of your ability rather than a fact about the problem's difficulty.
 
-That embarrassment is about feeling like the time reflects on you rather than on the problem. You imagine a faster version of yourself who would have finished by now. Time estimates make this worse, reinforcing the idea that how long you spend is a measure of your ability rather than a fact about the problem's difficulty.
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-So when you feel yourself rushing, ask whether the deadline is real or self-imposed. If it is self-imposed, put it down. Smooth is not the absence of mistakes. It is working without that imagined faster self looking over your shoulder.
+So when you feel yourself rushing, ask whether the deadline is real or self-imposed. Usually it is self-imposed.