I Wasn't Out of Time, I Was Out of Order: The Fallacy of Rushing

Growing Up Late · Sep 24, 2026 · 20m

I fell down an entire flight of stairs rushing to impress my mentor. Cut up, adrenaline through the roof, and I still walked in late and unable to focus. That's the day I learned speed doesn't equal care, competence, or forward motion. I wasn't out of time. I was out of order.

This episode is about the fallacy that rushing gets things done faster, and what actually works instead: the 168-hour audit I run on my own calendar every week, an old Gaelic proverb about mentorship and doing your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was, everyone's got to do their own growing, and why…