Jack’s Winning Words 10/4/13
“Think slow.  Act fast.”  (Buster Keaton)  Buster is one of my all-time favorite slapstick comedians.  Thru YouTube we can still see and laugh at some of his antics.  Today’s quote shows Keaton’s serious side.  When making an important decision, it might be good to follow his advice about thinking slow.  Yet, a case can also be made for thinking fast and then letting things simmer.  I tend to simmer.  How about you?      ;-)  Jack

 FROM GOOD DEBT JON:  That WW could be the cousin of, "Measure twice, cut once." ====JACK:  That sounds like carpenter lingo, but it fits with many occupations.

 FROM TARMART REV:  ... "simmer" and too many times fall asleep, forgetting what it was I had on the stove.====JACK:  When the smoke alarm sounds and I see something burning on the stove, I act fast, fast, fast...as they say in the TV ad.

 FROM IKE AT THE MIC:  This is like many things in life ,it depends on the situation:   If you are in a crisis you must think &  act fast   If you have the luxury to give yourself  thinking time before making an important decision that’s the best!  There is a saying:”If in the face of a problem you just twiddle your thumbs,the problem doesn’t  get solved  & all you end up is with thinner thumbs”====JACK:  Did you ever suddenly toss something to someone and say, "Think fast!"  Is it during Yom Kippur that you've got to think...fast?

 FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY:  I think slower than ever and can't move fast if I wanted to! ====JACK:  An evaluation was given with regard to how a man performed his job.  "His greatest sin is, sloth."  Have you ever watched the sloths at the zoo  Slooooooow.....

 FROM PLAIN FOLKS CHESTER:  Measure twice, saw once.====JACK:  Say that again??

 FROM BLAZING OAKS:  "BETTER TO DO SOMETHING IMPERFECTLY, THAN TO DO NOTHING FLAWLESSLY" (ROBERT SCHULLER)...SOMETIMES WE OVERTHINK A SITUATION, AND BECOME "PARALYZED"....DECISION-MAKING IF HARD FOR MOST OF US!! GOOD WW TO THINK ON....====JACK  Another familiar saying..."Not to decide is to decide."

 FROM HCC CHUCK:  Wish I could let it simmer  it seems I to often respond without good thought. ====JACK:  I like the word, simmer, better than the word, stew.  Or, how about the admonition, "Get off the pot?"