We are willing to make dramatic sacrifices to achieve greater speed because today our society pulses with new priorities and new demands. We've created a 24/7, CrackBerry, more-faster-now culture, and it is changing the way we work, relate, communicate and live. It's changing what makes an individual successful and what makes an organization viable. And it's changing key aspects of the basic human experience.
-- Vince Poscente
With the boom in technology enabling us to achieve speed in almost every imaginable way, speed is no longer a luxury - it's an expectation. And the more we get, the more we want.
-- Vince Poscente
When we are forced to slow down by an external agent, we are being robbed of the things that we could have accomplished in that time.
-- Vince Poscente
There is an increased demand for time but a virtually static supply of it. And the solution to that conflict is speed: if we cannot add more hours to the day, and the number of years in a lifetime is increasing only slightly, we have to move faster if we are to do everything we want to - and can - do.
-- Vince Poscente
We want to do big things, meaningful things, everything we dream of. We want the extensive education, the high powered career, the tight-knit family, the exciting social circles, the glamorous travel, the relaxed, introspective time for ourselves, and the ability to give back to our global community. And how much time do we have to cram that all into? Seventy years? Eighty? To do all that we want to do, to live as much as we want to live, we need speed - it's the only way to get more time, more life.
-- Vince Poscente
It's true that for some people, more does not necessarily mean better. Some are perfectly content not doing everything within their reach. They choose to limit the number of experiences they pursue - and they feel happier in doing so. There is even evidence to support the notion that more does not mean happier. But, for better or worse, if given the choice of doing less or doing more, most people feeling the effects of the Age of Speed choose more - more opportunities, more wealth, more connection to more people, more living.
-- Vince Poscente
Barring an economic catastrophe and a sudden halt in technological development, however, the number of options available to us will not decrease anytime soon. We can certainly choose not to pursue all the options available to us, but the number of options that exist will continue to grow regardless of our personal preferences. So ready or not, it's time to adapt to our new volume of options - and maybe even appreciate them as an opportunity to increase the amount of living we do, to increase our quantity of life.
-- Vince Poscente
Every time we speed up the time it takes to complete an unimportant task, we create the possibility of more time to spend doing what we feel is significant - whether it's building a business or watching the sunset. The lure of significance is a vital motivator in our rocket-powered lifestyles. We want to spend less time on things we deem inconsequential, so we devour every chance to speed up the minutiae in our lives.
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