Being slow can be good for your career

People today are in too much of a hurry. In a hurry to get promoted; in a hurry to get the next experience; in a hurry to go on the next course.

Contained ambition is noble. Accelerated ambition is a derailer.

Our working lives follow a natural rhythm with periods of growth and periods of consolidation. Without consolidating our knowledge and experience, we can’t successfully maintain the next level.

Time is a critical ally in our career. Perhaps the Kalahari Bushmen of Africa are right - they greet people by saying ‘Hambashla’ which means “Hasten Slowly”.
Perhaps we all need to hasten slowly in our career.