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5 Minutes Podcast with Ricardo Vargas

5 Minutes Podcast with Ricardo Vargas

Is Your Project in Too Much of a Hurry to Think?

Aug 16, 2026 · 5 min · 7 segments

In this episode, Ricardo discusses the common rush to start acting before fully understanding a project’s problem. Action creates a sense of progress, while thinking may seem like wasted time…

In this episode, Ricardo discusses the common rush to start acting before fully understanding a project’s problem. Action creates a sense of progress, while thinking may seem like wasted time. However, teams can work intensely and still move quickly in the wrong direction. Ricardo emphasizes that speed should not be confused with impulsiveness. Asking simple questions about the problem, missing information, potential consequences, urgency, and reversibility can prevent weeks of unnecessary rework. Even during crises or emergencies, acting quickly does not mean abandoning reflection. Planning often appears expensive because it happens before execution, while the cost of correcting poor decisions remains hidden. Before saying there is no time to think, teams should ask whether they have time to do the work twice. Want to know more? Tune in to the podcast! !https://feedpress.me/link/12636/17420334.gif

In this episode, Ricardo discusses the common rush to start acting before fully understanding a project’s problem. Action creates a sense of progress, while thinking may seem like wasted time…

Speakers: Ricardo VargasHost

Top entities: Ricardo Viana Vargas×2

Busy Does Not Mean Productive0:13 – 1:30

Ricardo VargasHost

0:13

A problem appears, and immediately someone asks, "What are we going to do?" We have an idea, and someone says, "Let's start." We receive a request, and the first concern is, "Who is going to execute this?" Everything needs to become action immediately because action creates a feeling of progress.

Ricardo VargasHost

0:34

Thinking, strangely enough, is often perceived as waste of time, and this is the paradox I want to discuss today.

Ricardo VargasHost

0:44

Five minutes of thinking can look like a delay.

Ricardo VargasHost

0:48

Five weeks fixing a bad decision looks like work.

Ricardo VargasHost

0:52

In many projects, we have created a culture where being busy has become almost synonym of production and productivity, but they are completely different things.

Ricardo VargasHost

1:06

You can have a team working ten hours a day and still be moving very quickly in the wrong direction.

Ricardo VargasHost

1:15

Look, I love speed, okay? People who know me know that, and I'm not defending slow projects, bureaucracy, or endless planning process.

Ricardo VargasHost

1:25

It's quite the opposite.

Ricardo VargasHost

1:27

What I'm questioning is speed without clarity.

Ricardo Viana VargasPersonBrazilian engineer and author
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Decision MakingBusiness > Project Management
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Busy Does Not Mean Productive0:13 – 1:30

Ricardo VargasHost

0:13

A problem appears, and immediately someone asks, "What are we going to do?" We have an idea, and someone says, "Let's start." We receive a request, and the first concern is, "Who is going to execute this?" Everything needs to become action immediately because action creates a feeling of progress.

Ricardo VargasHost

0:34

Thinking, strangely enough, is often perceived as waste of time, and this is the paradox I want to discuss today.

Ricardo VargasHost

0:44

Five minutes of thinking can look like a delay.

Ricardo VargasHost

0:48

Five weeks fixing a bad decision looks like work.

Ricardo VargasHost

0:52

In many projects, we have created a culture where being busy has become almost synonym of production and productivity, but they are completely different things.

Ricardo VargasHost

1:06

You can have a team working ten hours a day and still be moving very quickly in the wrong direction.

Ricardo VargasHost

1:15

Look, I love speed, okay? People who know me know that, and I'm not defending slow projects, bureaucracy, or endless planning process.

Ricardo VargasHost

1:25

It's quite the opposite.

Ricardo VargasHost

1:27

What I'm questioning is speed without clarity.

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