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If You’re in a Hurry, Go Slowly
And Pay Attention to What Happens When You’re Not Awake
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When I was in 5th grade, my friend Ian once joked, “If you’re in a hurry, go slowly.” (I could still see his innocent smile when he was saying it).
At the time, I just thought it was a clever play on words — something funny but meaningless.
Years passed, and life moved on. Then one day, I got the news: Ian had died in a motorcycle accident. Yet, his words never left me.
For the longest time, I never really thought about what they meant. I could’ve just Googled it, but recently, something clicked — I think I finally understand.
If you’ve been following me, you know I’m a big fan of Tony Robbins and I write about weight loss. So there I was, driving and listening to his podcast, when I heard him say his idea of sleep is “when I’m 6 feet below the ground.”
Classic Tony. He’s the guy who preaches massive action as the cure-all, and while he didn’t explicitly say it, sleep often took a backseat in his early years — sometimes just 2–4 hours a night.
But this changed when he encountered a sleep expert. When Tony Robbins asked a sleep expert for concrete proof that lack of…
