This quote is from C.J. who is the managing director of Sunshine Desserts in the classic comedy television show The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin made in 1976 to 1979.
This one I find very interesting, so I’ve written some things on how it could be interpreted.
1) Too much thinking and not enough action can lead to not getting much done.
2) It can also mean that progress can be made sometimes by spreading yourself out, fast decision making on multiple fronts. Fast unending persistence. This is definitely how C.J. got to be directing manager...I think a good example of this is when a person sends out say a letter to 200 people, or a DVD. When, and if, you were to do this, you would just do it, and there would be possible outcomes happen, as a result.
3) I wouldn’t really ever tell somebody not stop thinking, as I think it’s healthy...some problems need a long think, and people vary in thought process speed. Putting down something and coming back to it after a bit of a think can help a lot.
4) Dwelling on the negative to the point of stopping what you are doing entirely and losing years to it. This is a big no no.
5) Something that has cropped up in my life is this thing where a artist will put down something mid way...say it’s a painting, the painting is taken off the easel, and put up against a wall and left unfinished for six months or even three years...the artist returns to it after this time with a fresh perspective or new ideas entirely. Now you could say that this was some form of attention deficit...but it was perhaps something that was just done, and not thought about...it was just done.
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