While running our companies and living our lives, we generally tend to focus on running faster over running longer.
We give higher importance to speed.
To produce more. Now.
To earn more. Faster.
To do more. Today.
But in doing so, we end up wearing our systems and losing our ability to perform consistently over a longer time. As explained by Stephen Covey, in mindless striving harder for higher Production in the short run, we lose the Production Capacity in the long run.
Too much activity or effort without rest and recovery wears every system down.
Machines running endlessly without preventive maintenance break down eventually.
Restless running behind earning money eventually takes its toll on personal well-being.
A mindless craze towards doing more every day invites burnout.
As results after Covid-19 pandemic are showing us, resilient companies are recovering faster. Those companies which were efficiency-focused are not able to cope up with the challenges posed by the pandemic.
We need to learn this hard lesson.
It is advisable to run longer for many years than running faster for few days and then collapsing due to exhaustion.
We must prioritize resilience over efficiency.
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