Why We Confuse Speed with Purpose

Speed is measurable; purpose is not. That asymmetry explains a lot. We reward the fast, the visible, the shipped, because those things fit neatly into a report. Meaning resists the spreadsheet, so it is quietly treated as optional.

But a fast life pointed nowhere arrives quickly at nothing. The corrective is not to despise speed; it is to ask what the speed is for. Pace is a tool. Direction is the point.

Before the afternoon begins, check that your hurry is serving a destination you would actually choose.