“I believe that when the going gets tough, you should just hit pause. Assimilate what is happening for 10 minutes. Your thoughts will be much clearer.” ShouldBelieveI BelieveMinutesHappeningsToughPausesGoing Gets Tough Author:Shreya Ghoshal
“Once we have a sense of how long a decision should take, we generally should delay the moment of decision until the last possible instant. If we have an hour, we should wait 59 minutes before responding. If we have a year, we should wait 364 days. Even if we have just half a second, we should wait as long as we possibly can ... Life might be a race against time but it is enriched when we rise above our instincts and stop the clock to process and understand what we are doing and why. A wise decision requires reflection, and reflection requires a pause.” IfsShouldYearsLongMomentsMightLastsWaitingProcessHoursDecisionRaceHalfWiseMinutesReflectionInstinctClockInstantPausesDelayRise AboveRespondingWise DecisionRace Against Time Author:Frank Partnoy
“When a reader finishes a wonderful story and lays it aside, he should have to pause for a minute and collect himself.” ShouldStoriesWonderfulMinutesReaderShould HaveLaysPauses Book:Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose Source: Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction and Other Prose
“There is this expectation that as January 1st dawns, we're going to do it differently. Moreover, there's this kind of pressure, that even if I've been trying to be different for a while, January 1st, from here on in - I have to be different. There's a cultural expectation, there's a personal expectation. I think it's worth just taking pause for a minute and talking about that.” IfsThinkingTryingKindDifferentTalkingMinutesExpectationsPressureDawnPausesJanuaryJanuary 1st Author:Rod Stryker