Do Fast-Forward People Promote Death?

For those of you with persistent fast-forward personalities, let me save you a little time by giving you these tips:

• Make sure your job comes first and your personal and family life second.

• Go to work evenings, weekends, and holidays so you won’t be interrupted.

• When not at work, spend time at home thinking about or doing work to catch up or get ahead.

• Drive fast because you can’t waste time getting where you need to be.

• Consistently plan meetings for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

• Avoid time wasters like hunting, fishing, golf, gardening, and regular exercise.

• Be involved in as many organizations, committees, meetings, and banquets as possible.

• Take vacations only when absolutely necessary

• When out of town for work, schedule an early morning appointment for your first day back at your office to help keep you on track.

• Do not delegate responsibility; you can do it better and faster yourself.

One thing is for sure: You’ll never get too busy to attend your own funeral, whether or not it was in your schedule.

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The Workaholic Disease: Stuck in Fast-Forward

The way a fast-forward person lives adds to the stress and strain he or she is already experiencing.

Being out of balance is not in itself destructive; but to the extent an individual cannot let go and return to a healthy balance, she or he is no longer in control.

People with fast-forward personalities eat, walk, and talk fast. They are restless and impatient, have trouble relaxing, and thrive on deadlines. Typically they are compulsive, competitive, and power-seeking. They are clock-watchers and time-binders. Fast-forward types will try to cram eight hours of work into two and then become agitated when the work isn’t completed – especially if someone else was expected to do it.

They feel pressure even when there’s no need to. They burn a great deal of energy needlessly and have trouble unhooking. They are the high-rollers – big spenders – when it comes to energy use.

About 5 a.m. in an airport rest room, I was at the sink washing my hands. At first I thought I was alone in the room, but I kept hearing a faint mumbling. Turning to look, I saw a pair of legs at the end of a long row of stalls. Listening more closely, I quickly realized that the gentleman in the stall was dictating a letter to his secretary!

Some people might call that an efficient use of time. I say it demonstrates a number of points about fast-forward personalities: the need to do more than one thing at a time, a tendency to have trouble letting go, and an inclination to be stuck in the fast-forward mode.

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