It is perhaps more common to meet individuals who like to move fast, and in big and bold moves, rather than those who see taking their time as the appropriate way forward. Personally, after moving to New York, it only took me a day to pick up on how nobody waited for the pedestrian crossing lights to turn to green, and that the traffic lights were treated more like a suggestion than a rule. Everybody’s always in a rush, and an extra minute saved is seen as an extra minute that can be put to work elsewhere.
This mindset stems from a society rooted in fierce competition and, to keep up, many people believe that we need to be doing more and in less time. It is easy to empathise with this need to push ourselves to
