There are things you can force: a reply, a schedule, a result on a spreadsheet.
And then there are things you can’t hurry without damaging them:
- trust
- strength
- understanding
- a life arranged around what matters
When you try to compress these, you don’t get them faster—you get a cheaper imitation.
The antidote is simple and difficult: show up at the same hour, again and again, and let time do its honest work.