Jesse Wattenbarger

“When we react, we are not seeking to control a situation but merely to protect our existence within that situation. If, by contrast, you seek to control or change that situation, especially when it’s to your benefit, then you are no longer reacting. You are proacting.”
― Steve Prentice, Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower

“It takes time for individual thoughts and ideas to realize that they might have a chance to step forward from the recesses of the brain and express themselves. Thoughts that might save time, create new opportunities, or generally do good things—they’re all in there. But every time they try to make themselves known, they’re brushed aside by another fast-moving “immediacy.” These ideas find little opportunity to make themselves known in our busy world, and collectively we run the risk of losing them forever.”
― Steve Prentice, Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower

“it’s the difference between walking fast because you like to and walking fast because you have to. When people or companies react and increase their pace because they have to, they move into the emotional territory where fear and anger live.”
― Steve Prentice, Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower

“Coffee was referred to by some Christians as “the devil’s drink.” In Rome, a sample of coffee was presented to Pope Vincent III, who had decided to taste it before banishing it. However, as the story goes, upon taking his first sip, he was won over, and he actually baptized it instead.”
― Steve Prentice, Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower