Hello everyone. I’ve been doing this forever, but that doesn’t mean I’ve become faster with the years. I started in a new agency and I’m realizing everything needs to be done fast, which is giving me some anxiety. Would appreciate any tips to deal with this feeling. Mediation? Exercise? What is your routine?

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No tips, but speed seems to have become the only valued quality of employees these days. Nobody wants good work, they want “good enough” work as fast as possible. I feel like I’ve aged out of the business but still have 15 years until social security and Medicare so I’m freaked out… I can only go a little faster before quality suffers and then my own spirits fall. I’ll be watching for meaningful advice. Thanks for posting this.

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I’m in the same boat. I had a late start in this career and I’m in my early 50s with still a long way to go until I can retire. I’m older than most of my coworkers and the level of energy to keep up is not there.

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Preach! I started right out of college… keeping up was no problem all the way up thru my mid 40s. In fact I moved so fast people said they couldn’t keep up with me. But then I realized that some of my gut instincts, or first impressions, were maybe not the best so I slowed down to ponder my thoughts, think them through, and get extra context to make sure I’m creating sound strategy. That lasted one year and for the last 6 years I’m too slow. Further… now so much silly jargon is being used, people talk without saying a thing! I ask for clarification and they look at me like I have six heads.

I think it is time for me to die, or exit into another line of work. But this is all I’ve done for 28 years.

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Blame decades of poor client management.

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