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It takes nine months to make a baby. It takes time to cook a good meal. It takes time to create high performers in any discipline. Why is this so?

This is because physical, chemical, and emotional transformations have to evolve in a predefined order and this evolution takes time. This transformation cannot be rushed. If you try to rush it, you will have disastrous consequences. Premature babies may have deformities, the food will taste burnt, and talent that is given responsibilities too early is destined for failure and loss in confidence.

Everything has a timeline and life cycle of creation and destruction. Your challenge is to discover that for the problems and opportunities you face. Sometimes you have to push and prod to find the correct timeline and life cycle. The friction you generate when you try to rush things is the feedback to slow down. You will generate friction if you go too slow. You have to be able to tell the difference between the two types of friction.

Find the rhythm and cadence to earn the reputation of someone who knows when to push and when to slow down.