I saw this video from Dumt & Farligt, a Dansih TV show, where the footage was slowed down to 2,500 frames per second. Some of the subjects they chose were a little random but interesting to see at that speed. Check out the video and catch my thoughts after and please do share some of yours. Catch you after the video!
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Reflection(s): Slowing Down and Appreciating The Spectacular
Some of my thoughts while watching the video was, “these guys are insane.” I wouldn’t mind working with them. How did they choose their subjects? Crazy.” Then I think the most significant thought was,
“what spectacular thing would i like to slow down. to savor seeing it unfold in the most captivating way?”
We run through life to get to the next thing. Leadership rushes to the next big thing. To the next lab for the next level of innovation etc. We are constantly driven to the next thing. How often do we actually slow things down to appreciate their beauty as they unfold.
The video, for example, shows amazing patterns when the baseball bat meets the egg. We normally do not see the beauty in that when we look at it with our normal eyes. How often do we miss seeing the spectacular because we are not disciplined enough to slow down.
the spectacular is all around us. It is just that we don’t slow down, just enough to realize and appreciate it.
I’m not suggesting to abandon our resolve for the next innovation or moving on to, or deciding the next challenge. But that we do actually slow down, in a sense, enough to appreciate the spectacular.
It is not that there are no spectacular things happening in our lives, leadership and enterprises, it is just that we never slow down, just that much slower to actually appreciate them enough.
What would you love to have seen in the video? What is the spectacular that you feel people never slow down, just enough to see and appreciate?
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I am learning to embrace the deliberate thoughtfulness that comes from slowing down… to stop and think before you take action often produces better results. You may not ‘feel’ productive but by calling all your mental faculties into the moment, you see the moment – and hence the glaring solution – that much clearer.
I am learning to embrace the deliberate thoughtfulness that comes from slowing down… to stop and think before you take action often produces better results. You may not ‘feel’ productive but by calling all your mental faculties into the moment, you see the moment – and hence the glaring solution – that much clearer.
true, zoe. slowing down can help you make a rational decision and actions. it is important to fight the urge to make act in the heat of the moment.