This is a military motto. My son brought it back with him from deployment overseas. It's not intuitive. We think in order to speed up a project we need to speed up our effort. Unfortunately, speeding up the effort frequently makes us inaccurate. (That's polite-speak for "sloppy.") So doing something again is certainly slower than doing it correctly in the first place. There's a quote attributed to UCLA coach John Wooden that my father used his whole life: "If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
So, what's the secret to speeding up? Of course, it's slowing down.
Wherever I have traveled, I've found a historical or art museum to attend. I've compiled quite a list of both places I've been and those I want to see. This blog seems to be a great opportunity to share them.
There's one that I've wanted to see, but the chance to go there is slipping away. The Newseum in Washington, DC is a museum dedicated to the importance of a free press and the First Amendment.
So, I'm hoping that a reader/follower will go there this month and will share a last-minute review. Tell me what it would have been like to go to the Newseum. (It's at 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001. Their phone is (202) 292-6100.)
