{"id":105621,"date":"2020-04-21T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/?p=105621"},"modified":"2020-10-22T02:47:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T09:47:40","slug":"tq-augustus-quickly-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-augustus-quickly-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Augustus on Getting Things Done Quickly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThat which has been done well has been done quickly enough.\u201d<\/em><\/p>Augustus Caesar (Roman Emperor)<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Being in a hurry – this has been a human tendency for millennia. In the course of our everyday, we can easily feel hurried. We can feel the press of things undone. We smart at the pinch of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many reasons for this. We may not be discerning in what we agree to do. We may not organize our time and work well. We may avoid certain tasks because we don\u2019t know the next small step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever the reason we rush, we often don\u2019t realize there is any other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Alexander Technique<\/a>, there is a concept called \u201cend-gaining<\/a>.\u201d When we end-gain, we ignore process and the means whereby. And instead, we do whatever appears will get us to the outcome fastest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This creates problems. For example, say we\u2019re running late. We speed in the car. And in doing so, get a ticket or worse, making us even later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or we hasten to put on a shoe, and don\u2019t untie it first. And so over time, we crush the heel and wear out the shoe faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a saying: \u201cLazy-man\u2019s load.\u201d This is when we try to carry too much at once, instead of making two trips. And because we\u2019re overloaded, we drop things or get sore muscles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We tell ourselves we\u2019re \u201cworking smart\u201d, but really we\u2019re working inefficiently. We\u2019re trying to avoid the second trip. And in doing so make even more work for ourselves, and cause unnecessary damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In guitar practice, we may play too fast and lose accuracy. We may ignore mistakes<\/a> and embed them deeper. We may fail to organize<\/a> our work, and so not realize the gains that occur over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve fallen into these same traps since the days of Caesar and before. The Roman historian Suetonius<\/a> wrote \u201cDe vita Caesarum\u201d, biography of the Caesars. He insists that Augustus reminded himself of this often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat which has been done well has been done quickly enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another similar phrase favored by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, was \u201cHasten slowly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before each practice (even the short practices<\/a>), we have the opportunity to pause. We can choose to release any sense of hurry or haste. We can look at the work ahead, and create a rough or detailed outline of how we\u2019ll spend the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, in each moment of practice, we can take as long as it takes to do things well and right<\/a>. We can make the \u201cmeans whereby\u201d more important than the goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in doing so, we reach the goal sooner, and at a higher level than we would otherwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here. Enjoy! \u201cThat which has been done well has been done quickly enough.\u201d Augustus Caesar (Roman Emperor) Being in a hurry – this has been a human tendency for millennia. In the course of our everyday, we can easily feel hurried. We … <\/p>\n

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