​This phrase is attributed by the writer Benito Pérez Galdós to Ferdinand VII of Spain, who said it when he saw that one of his servants could not dress the monarch before an important meeting. "We have to go slowly because we are in a hurry" was also the phrase used as a lesson learned by a group of leaders to whom I facilitated a coordination dynamic recently.

What were schools like in Victorian times? Schools were undoubtedly different from the schools we have today.

Education in Victorian classrooms
Lessons were basic and focused on the 3 R's of Reading, wRiting & aRithmetic (Maths) with the introduction of religion and usually involved copying down what the teacher wrote on the chalkboard. Furthermore, children were expected to chant things out loud until they did so without mistakes.

​The timetables were commonly done this way; children were expected to do this smoothly. The importance of developing a delicate hand in writing was high, and alongside numbers, this was seen as a crucial part of Education.

Why are there things in our work that we enjoy doing and others that frustrate us? Why do some projects get "stuck" and we cannot finish them? Why do we feel "genius" for some things and "clumsy" for others?