I have been playing golf with my friend and golf professional Mike LaBauve.

While I am getting expert advice for the golf course, I also discovered how it applies to work and life in general.

Mike wants me to slow my swing down.

That’s asking a lot of a golfer because we know that power equals distance.  Or so we think.

But in my case I want to swing with so much might that the rest of my body fights what it should be doing correctly.  The timing gets thrown off.

Slow down, let the body clear and in time you actually start generating more power correctly.

I found this also applies to life.

I’m a Type A and I can attack just about any task, problem or thing with so much power and might that in a way the rest of my mind and body does not work in unison.

So I tried to slow down my work especially when I felt pressure.

To consciously do things slower and more deliberately.

What I found is that to my surprise I am actually more productive, less stressed and more creative.

In the time it usually takes me to write a story for my media publication, I wrote two.  And this has been the end result of slowing down when I feel the most rushed.

Ironically, when we slow down under pressure we actually give the rest of our mind and body time to be more efficient.

Even if you’re not a golfer, it’s worth a try.

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