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Quick vs Smart

Antigone Vesci
Mar 24
1 min read

Don’t confuse reaction time with quality (the first hand in the air doesn’t always have the best answer). The speed at which you arrive at a decision is separate from whether that decision was smart.


Quick decisions often rely on instinct, experience, and pattern recognition. That can be powerful—but it can leave important nuances unexplored.


Smart decisions, on the other hand, blend evidence, clinical reasoning, and context. 


The goal isn’t to choose between them. It is to build systems and habits that allow you to be both—fast when the moment demands it, but smart and deliberate when the situation allows.

 
 
 

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