I agree, and it can apply in multiple arenas as well.
Things get rushed for all kinds of reasons in business. Bad promises made to customers, various balls getting dropped and plain old bad managers and bad employees can contribute to this.
The older I get the more I value being deliberate about what I do. I function better when I take the time to understand what I’m trying to accomplish, arm myself with the knowledge to do so and then proceed with execution.
If I’m ever in doubt about what to do next, I ask myself a simple question. Why am I even doing this?
A guy named Simon Sinek wrote a good book about this concept. Start With “Why?”
The basic idea of slowing things down a bit and making sure you move deliberately even translates into good outcomes in some of the most chaotic situations I’ve found myself in, which are fights while working bar security.
BJJ as I’ve learned it emphasizes this concept of slow productivity. Moving with a purpose ensures that you aren’t wasting your valuable energy on movement that’s unlikely to lead to a better outcome. You become accustomed to thinking clearly under great physical pressure and then putting a deliberate plan into place, emphasizing methodical movement over trying to brute force your desired outcome.
This is a core component of learning how to fight. Having a measured, deliberate response to violence ensures that you are not burning all of your fuel too fast, too soon.
The better you get at this slow-ish, deliberate process of learning how to move well, the smoother and more rapidly you’ll be able to execute your very deliberate plan. Compare this to the guy you are fighting who is totally spazzing out, swinging like a madman or “seeing red”. Maybe he wins the first fight you guys have, long before you learn what you’re doing, because he’s more aggressive and takes more initiative.
A few years of slow and deliberate combat training can change this dynamic in dramatic and easily observable ways.