A resident’s surgical skill is judged by his technique and his speed. You can’t be sloppy and you can’t be slow. From your first wound closure onward, spend too much time being precise and the scrub tech will announce, “Looks like we’ve got a plastic surgeon on our hands!” Or say: “I get your strategy — by the time you finish sewing the top half of the wound, the bottom will have healed on its own. Half the work — smart!” A chief resident will advise a junior: “Learn to be fast now — you can learn to be good later.” Everyone’s eyes are always on the clock. For the patient’s sake: How long has the patient been under anesthesia? During long procedures, nerves can get damaged, muscles can break down, even causing kidney failure. For everyone else’s sake: What time are we getting out of here tonight?
There are two strategies to cutting the time short, like the tortoise and the hare. The hare moves as fast as possible, hands a blur, instruments clattering, falling to the floor; the skin slips open like a curtain, the skull flap is on the tray before the bone dust settles. But the opening might need to be expanded a centimeter here or there because it’s not optimally placed. The tortoise proceeds deliberately, with no wasted movements, measuring twice, cutting once. No step of the operation needs revisiting; everything proceeds in orderly fashion. If the hare makes too many minor missteps and has to keep adjusting, the tortoise wins. If the tortoise spends too much time planning each step, the hare wins.
More here – Stanford Medicine
So the moral here is that we should develop the speed of the hare & the precision of the tortoise. Don’t quite know how this relates to trading. I don’t like to trade quickly because I could make costly mistakes as I have sometimes done in the past. If I’m too slow & the trade gets away from me there’ll always be another one tomorrow. You can be slow to get in but sometimes you’ve gotta be quick to get out.
Hi Jim
Did you read the entire article or just the quote in the blog?
He’s brave, and as reconciled as he could be. R.I.P. This info is a glaring neon sign to lead a meaningful life in the time we are given – I’m putting my best skates on before I miss the boat of reaching my full potential, coming in from the wilderness and finally steering with a focused, time-aware and deliberate plan with goals and deadlines rather than squandering time for living. Each hour and each day has to be accountable and of value in some form. Plus there has to be enjoyment and learning amongst the challenges of choice and the challenges that arrive on our doorsteps unannounced.