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You're Not Getting Ahead If You're Just Getting By

Written by Derek MacDonald | March 24, 2025

Focusing on doing it faster makes a mess. Focusing on doing it well makes progress.

So if you’re feeling stuck, start with asking yourself:

  • Where am I trying to speed up when I really need to slow down?
  • What’s clogging this process that used to feel simple?
  • What am I holding together that I shouldn’t?


Because you can be the most ambitious person in the room, but if the structure around you can’t support it?

You’re not getting ahead, you’re just getting by.

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onward.

-dmac