Jesse Wattenbarger

“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

“The irony here is that although the cubicle grid structure of the typical office allows many people to work closely together, it has done little to improve actual human-to-human contact skills. People feel more comfortable hiding behind email than they do talking issues through, face to face, in a well-structured, dynamic discussion.”
― Steve Prentice, Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower

“When it comes to food, the obvious and expected approach for North Americans is to diet, which results in cravings, cheating, and shameful feelings. Diets seldom work for long since they go against the natural tendencies of the body, and in many cases the weight simply returns. But since dieting has been with us for decades now, it is accepted as the social norm. Mme Guiliano’s approach, however, is to continue to eat, but to eat in a measured, slower way. This, she shows, achieves greater progress, a more stable, natural approach to weight management without cravings, and is also much easier.”
― Steve Prentice, Cool Down: Getting Further by Going Slower

“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