The benefits of slow growth, misguided rabbit holes, and painful mistakes

I am a self-confessed productivity junkie. I hate wasting time. And if you scroll through social media, or even my blog posts, you might think that the typical research or learning process is just a happy, monotonic hill climb, capped off with regular announcements of new discoveries or gained expertise. But what if the most important lessons emerge not from unencumbered progress, but rather from…