A historical titbit:

The first ever 24 Hours of Le Mans Race took place exactly 100 years ago today.

As any motorsports buff will yabber on about, winning Le Mans doesn't come down to flooring the pedal for 24 hours.

No siree.

Instead, the winner is the car (and the driver, navigator, overall team etc) which covers the furthest distance.

So Le Mans is a race which plays down (or “soft-pedals”) the need for speed.

And I must confess…

I like this.

In fact, I like this a lot!

Because I think there's a tendency to glamorise speed.  To see speed itself as the trophy somehow.

But when we’re speeding around, priorities shift.  And not always in a good way.

Enjoying the ride gets replaced by jumping ahead to what’s next…

Longer term satisfaction can give way to sticking plasters and quick fixes…

And calm and steady progress loses out to a frenzied – and sometimes exhausting – non-stop hustle.

So I don’t know about you.

But it seems to me that focussing less on speed has a whole bunch of advantages.

And the icing on the cake?

I can’t help but think that slowing down is the best way to get ahead anyway.  Whatever it is you want to do.

That’s it for today.

Have a great weekend. 

 - Tom