The Tree Metaphor Guide for Us
I paused to think while reading these lines " We all know that entrepreneurs and business owners have to think fast to survive. It's in their blood; moving quickly is a natural instinct to them. Still, it's difficult to overstate the importance of speed in business". This brought my attention the book titled "Of 2 Minds: How Fast and Slow Thinking Shape Perception and Choice" by the psychologist Daniel Kahneman. In this book the idea of "The automatic operations of System 1 generate surprisingly complex patterns of ideas, but only the slower System 2 can construct thoughts in an orderly series of steps" Our minds think in two systems. These are the fast and slow systems. System 1 operates automatically and quickly, with little or no effort and no sense of voluntary control. System 2 allocates attention to the effortful mental activities that demand it, including complex computations.
We have fast minds and slow minds and they serve different functions. We have a call for fast business and life, and I feel the need too for slow business and life. Or, am I wrong? I shall probe the value of this thinking starting by the tree metaphor first.
Fast growing trees provide great canopies for us. We enjoy them. However; it is because of their fast growth that we initially desired that we suffer. Trees that grow fast to high levels may suffer from large branches or whole sections of the tree simply splitting away from the trunk because of strong winds or heavy snow. Some trees start to decline as soon as they reach their maximum heights. We have seen businesses suffer the same effect. Fast growing trees may become fragile and weak and therefore subject to attacks by insects and bacteria. Some undesirable effect to us may result from under our feet. One example is the walnut tree. Its side roots may excrete a toxic chemical that kills other plants such as potatoes. We have seen some fast growing companies throw their toxic chemical in huge amounts and killing the fish in the sea or causing the warming up of our globe.
Fast businesses and fast growing trees remind me of fast talkers as well. When you speak too fast, you do the same thing with your spoken words. You don't leave any nice spaces of silence between phrases and sentences, thus making your listeners work too hard. Remember the key problem: listeners are intrinsically lazy. If you don't make it easy for them, they won't exert themselves to listen. These facts remind me of the great buzz of Sara Jacobovici titled "We Listen with our Balance". We are off balance when we talk fast and get the listeners inattentive. Talking fast shall not allow room for listening with our balances. Fast growing companies might be doing the same to the customers by talking too fast to them and providing them with too many products at short time intervals and getting them to listen without balance.
Our call for fastness must not neglect the side effects of going fast. Fast food is another example of what going fast might lead to- the least is to make customers wary of listening. Fast food may cause many problems such as increasing sugar levels in our bodies, increasing blood pressure and shortness of breath. Can we listen attentively being short of breath?
Do we need to go fast? I shall love your thoughts. If you have fast hopes, driving fast, fast changing ambitions and plans would you pause and listen with balance?
Would you recommend to beBee growing very fast?
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Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #40
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منذ 7 سنوات #39
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Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #38
Lance 🐝 Scoular
منذ 7 سنوات #37
I'm not sure it always does Ali. However: 🌲🌳🏇🚀 Or 🌴🌵🐌🐛
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #36
I love your way of expressing your opinion not in words. An image speaks louder. Thank you Lance \ud83d\udc1d Scoular
Lance 🐝 Scoular
منذ 7 سنوات #35
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #34
Slow is fast- I am covering this issue in my next buzz "Musical Ice". I love your experienced examples and more your conclusion wonder "Perseverance, tenacity and confidence of reaching the desired goal are necessary. I wonder if people who prefer fast have these qualities"? Do I agree with you? I say 100%. I thank you so much for your warming words and I feel the power to go on. I appreciate them as they come from you dear Louise Smith. I have a great respect for you.
Louise Smith
منذ 7 سنوات #33
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #32
I paused having finished reading your comment James Olcott and I find my pause powerful.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #31
Dear David Navarro L\u00f3pez- sheer beauty and wisdom "In other words, when the elephants fight is the grass that suffers". This line says it all. You added great thoughts to the discussions David. You are a great thinker.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #30
Dera David Navarro L\u00f3pez- sheer beauty and wisdom "In other words, when the elephants fight is the grass that suffers". This line says it all. You added great thoughts to the discussions David. You are a great thinker.
David Navarro López
منذ 7 سنوات #29
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #28
David Navarro L\u00f3pez- this is a superb conclusion "In short, to your question "Do we need to go fast (or very fast)?" I would say yes. but not "Too Fast" to die of success.Very well-said, to the point and reflects reality. I have nothing to add except to say I fully agree with you.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #27
You are a great thinker my dear David Navarro L\u00f3pez. SOme fast growing trees may develop invading roots that endanger the lives of other plants. It is important that they grow and not cause death to others. This is only possible so that what you wrote eloquently may be fulfilled "But once this "roots" are well grown, as a first step, it will happen that the growth will increase exponentially, without risking its sustainability". I appreciate your idea that growth rate is proportional to our situation such as me speaking Arabic to you it always shall appear too fast to comprehend. In contrast, I I speek the same words to an Arab he shall find me slow. This is a great idea to consider,
David Navarro López
منذ 7 سنوات #26
David Navarro López
منذ 7 سنوات #25
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #24
Gert Scholtz- I loved the way you described the two systems. In System it is indeliberate and uncontrolled versus System two which is direct (deliberate) and controlled. yes, these two systems shouldn't work in isolation and switching between the two is needed. You remind me of managers and leaders and that we need to have the qualities of both by swinging between a leader and then a manager and t strike a dynamic balance between the two.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #23
I enjoyed reading your article Fabio Marzocca and I shall refer to it soon in one of my forthcoming posts. Thank you for your feedback.
Gert Scholtz
منذ 7 سنوات #22
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #21
You are correct Yogesh Sukal- Creative ideas that come and may elapse as a spark are the fruits of long stored ideas that suddenly link together and a creative idea emetges.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #20
I don't consider any buzz of mine complete without a comment from you dear Sara Jacobovici. Your metaphors send my mind in different directions. One prime direction is how to make the best of mountaineering, riding on a roller coaster. The body and its need to balance is another great point. Dear Mohammed Sultan made also a great comment on the shared bozz on LI. I don't have his permission to post his comment here, but I would like to share my response. Here is my response: I understand that this issue is a dilemma dear @Mohammed Sultan. If we move slowly we shall be eaten. If we move too fast we may lose balance. I emphasize here the need for going fast, but in the process we need to take breathing periods. No matter what fast swimmers we are, still we need to pause and breathe. Thank you for sharing your beautiful comment. DO we need the metaphor of swimming as well? You leave me with much to think about dear Sara.
Sara Jacobovici
منذ 7 سنوات #19
Sara Jacobovici
منذ 7 سنوات #18
Mamen 🐝 Delgado
منذ 7 سنوات #17
Glad you find it useful. 😘
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #16
What a wonderful explanation this is my friend Mamen \ud83d\udc1d Delgado shall find it extremely beautiful and meaningful.
Mamen 🐝 Delgado
منذ 7 سنوات #15
My dear Ali Anani has written is talking about the difference between the horse and the donkey behaviors. It is a metaphor about an issue which begins with a lot of energy (salida de caballo andaluz) with a great initial impetus, but it is abandoned unfinished (parada de burro manchego) and suddenly with no constancy. Both animals (horses and donkeys) behave in very different ways which creates a huge antithesis between the beginning and the end of any business. 😘
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #14
Juan Imaz to your wonderful comment.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #13
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #12
This is a gem of a comment Donald \ud83d\udc1d Grandy. I loved your equation "Fast talking, Deal Making...Close = Toxic Relations". It is powerful, true and is based on real experience. It resonates with me.
Donald 🐝 Grandy PN
منذ 7 سنوات #11
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #10
This is gem of wisdom what you wrote dear Laurent Boscherini "Similarly, every industry is first and foremost a particular experience of time, and no new culture is possible without an alteration in this experience". With such a great mind I wonder why you refrain from writing buzzes. We need more minds like yours.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #9
Dear - your comment means a lot for me for different reasons. First, I read your linked buzz and it is living in my memory. Second, it was the first time we crossed minds. Third, I mentioned the bamboo tree in my previous buzz and it also gave me new inspirations. Fourth, coming from a sharp mind like yours this comment fortifies my belief in this buzz. I am happy that we see eye-to-eye on this important issue.
Laurent Boscherini
منذ 7 سنوات #8
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #7
You know Javier \ud83d\udc1d beBee that I am reluctant to tag you because I know you are busy. This time the urge forced me to tag you. I am glad I did. Your response explains why beBee is growing healthily. No doubt in my mind.
Javier Cámara-Rica 🐝🇪🇸
منذ 7 سنوات #6
Ali Anani
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #5
I am so happy to read your feedback Javier \ud83d\udc1d beBee. I fully agree with you and in spite of calls for fast growth we need to slow down and even stop sometimes for a thoughtful pause. No wonder beBee is in safe hand.
Javier Cámara-Rica 🐝🇪🇸
منذ 7 سنوات #4
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #3
You nailed the issue down with your superb comment Manuel Ignacio S\u00e1nchez L\u00f3pez. Yes, the slow is undermined.
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #2
Ali Anani
منذ 7 سنوات #1
Friction is a solid idea that warrants thinking of dear debasish majumder. I have some thoughts that I am pondering on now. Thank you