on and on

So last night I worked into the dark hours, and I got stuff done.  Mostly I made up for what went wrong  over the weekend.  The parts I couldn't get to braze became pressed parts.  The broken universal is repaired.  Now, I will do a little clean-up on some of the details and assemble with the intent to run.

I can't really work past ten due to work schedule, so I will have to work quickly.  And this brings up a lesson I keep relearning: you can go faster if you slow down.

We have all heard the old adage: haste makes waste.  Well, that is true.  Last night my friend and former teacher in design told me his take (he couldn't remember where he heard it): We are in a hurry, we must go slow.  And today, Dave, my friend and mentor related what a boss of his once told him when he was younger: you can go a lot faster if you would slow down.

Truth, all of it.

When I get frustrated I rush.  When I rush I risk poor quality.  And that can ruin a job.  I am fortunate that the parts broke here.  But had I gotten away with it and finished building without the knowledge of what I had done, I would have been screwed when I ran the boat.  So, I got the parts made properly because I had to go back.  It's a good lesson.

A NOTE ON COMMENTS

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― George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion