Moving Faster by Slowing Down

ByJowi

I often have the urge to do more.
To find more things to do and try to speed things up.

Patience is important.​
It’s not something that comes natural to me.
I want to have a thought become reality ASAP.

As a result, I have the tendency to lean into the hustle.
It’s an urge I need to fight actively.

Sometimes it’s faster to slow down.

Analyze. Observe. Think. Plan.

Then take a step forward that actually makes a difference.

The real power is to do only things that matter.
Ignore tasks that just run you crazy.

Focus on tasks that make a leap forward.

Build your life like you are a car.
When a check engine light pops up, you will go and have it checked.
You won’t keep driving full speed, pushing your car to the limit.

Or you will risk that it breaks down completely.

It comes to a full stop.

If you took a break to have it checked out, you could be back in no time.
Easily making up for the time lost.

In reality, it’s not that simple.
We don’t have a check engine light.
We don’t have parts that break so fast.

We can live for years not knowing what is actually the broken piece.

That’s where it’s helpful to have a coach.

Find a mentor who has done it before.
Then you can follow his steps.

He can also tell you some subtle worn spots that your business throws at you.

It will make a big impact when you’re ready to take your business to the next level.

Reply “Mentor” to this Email and I will invite you to join the
​Fellowship of the Present Providers.

Jowi Witt helps men build purposeful businesses that provide for their families and leave legacies that last. As the founder of the Present Provider movement and the One-Dad Business framework, Jowi equips dads to escape the 9-to-5 grind, take back their time, and lead their families with strength and intention.

From handcrafted branding to evergreen marketing strategies, he blends timeless principles with modern tools — so you can build a business that works for your life, not the other way around.

When he’s not creating content or coaching entrepreneurs, you’ll find him with his Bible, his journal, or his family.

Similar Posts

  • Followers Aren’t Created Equal

    ByJowi

    I see this so often in the last years:Creators come up. Think all they need to do to make money and drive a brand is to build a big following online. There is the idea that any following is going to make you rich. Your following just needs to be big enough. But the reality is that followers aren’t created equal. I would trade 1,000 followers on Instagram for 1,000 subscribers on YouTube any day. I’d also rather have 1,000 subscribers to my newsletter than 1 million TikTok followers. This is…

  • The Trail Notes

    ByJowi

    Introducing “The Trail Notes” – Newsletter Yesterday I shared with you the thoughts that guided my last 10 years. I wanted to find the best way to start and lead a family. Now that I’m blessed with my lovely wife and our son – it feels real. While I was looking back, I found that I’m always surrounding three major topics. I call them my BFFs – because it’s Business, Faith, and Family. I love all three and focus on them since they’re all eternal games – I can’t win or achieve them. So all…

  • The Trap of the Absent Provider

    ByJowi

    I’m struggling. My challenge is that I love my family and my business. I’m a passionate guy… I’m either all in or all out. I wish to honor God with serving my family, and I wish to honor God with serving my clients. There seems to be a challenge, though. I don’t serve my family by being fully present for them. (On the other side)I serve my clients best when I’m fully present with them. I know there’s a lot of chatter on the internet about the lifestyle business and passive income. This would…

  • Share the Scars, Not the Wounds

    ByJowi

    When we often talk about authenticity, we often have different understandings of what that actually means. Over the last year, I have seen a trend come up. The trend has me worried. Authenticity is understood as showing all your emotion, being real in the moment. This does not build trust. It does not show a good manner. Every day has its ups and downs. Yet we don’t need to start with or share all that. There is another way to show your authenticity —that actually creates more trust and is…

  • How to Strive for Excellence

    ByJowi

    Hey Reader, I like to push myself to test my limits.Sometimes in the past, I’ve pushed myself too far. At 22, I almost had a burnout.I have stomach issues ever since. So: burnout is not really excellence. Striving for Excellence is like driving on a three-lane highway. You shouldn’t drive too fast and lose controland cross over into oncoming traffic. But you also shouldn’t drive too slowlyand steer off into the right side by pursuing perfection. Striving for Excellence has two limits: Don’t…

  • There is Only One Shortcut to Success

    ByJowi

    I used to think shortcuts don’t actually exist. I was wrong. In online games, there are shortcuts. I was mostly playing free-to-play games.They had however one specific element that free-to-play games live on:a balance to pay-to-win games. There was always a slight shift.A game started as free-to-play.Over time, they started introducing more and more extrasthat you would need to pay for. These perks were something like a cheat code.You could speed through the game.The upgrades were making…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *