[beat]

I just read a marvelous book called Handmade, by a fine furniture woodworker, and something he says over and over is "Go slow to go fast". The sales pitch to the business for a well-controlled agile process is that it maximizes productivity. Shifting priorities and poor planning undermine the productivity of the development team.

[gridspy]

Yes, this is also worded as "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast" - used for instance when following emergency checklists.

It's a good mantra when under serious pressure.

[vitro]

I remember one movie scene where old sniper teaches young one "To be slow is to be precise, to be precise is to be fast"

[e12e]

"slow is smooth, and smooth is fast"

Ed: see also: "practice makes permanent".