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Re-Signifying my Relationship with Speed

Today, as I build a sophisticated system, I can feel my inner speed rising. My capacities are expanding. The direction of the work, and the lineage of ideas behind it, are clearer than ever. I hold a multidimensional view of product and business that still feels light in the mind. My AI infrastructure, with its workflows, guardrails and careful prompt design, no longer slows me down. It carries the pace. For years I lived closer to what Jung would call the persona. I kept my rhythm adjusted to what felt digestible for collaborators. I softened the sharp edges of my speed so that the story stayed linear, human, followable. The brake was not a lack of power. It was an act of care.

Now something shifts. My sense of direction is more grounded. The architecture of what we are building is no longer a blur. The cognitive scaffolding around me can hold higher velocity without falling apart. What used to be a necessary constraint starts to look like a habit.

In Jungian terms, this feels closer to individuation. A movement from pleasing the outer image toward honoring the inner pattern. The surplus of energy, that “overcapacity” I used to manage down, asks to be given its full shape instead of being compressed to fit smaller frames.

This does not mean worshiping speed. It means letting the psyche express itself more completely, with technology as a real ally. AI becomes an externalized layer of cognition that extends my reach while reflecting my limits back to me. It allows me to move faster without pretending that faster is always better.

I am not in a hurry to define this new relation with my own power. I prefer to explore it. To treat it as a living symbol rather than a finished method. I want to work with force, curiosity, agility and skill, while staying attentive to what this process does to my character and to the people around me.

To shine without fear, I have to remember the shadow. More light always casts more shadow. The task is not to deny it, but to notice it, name it, and integrate it so that my acceleration does not erase what is human in me or in others.

So I move forward with a simple rule. Advance in ways that are recoverable. Avoid steps that damage trust, dignity or coherence in ways that cannot be repaired. Let AI amplify my intelligence, not my blind spots. Use the new speed in service of clarity, beauty and shared benefit, not only personal triumph.

What is emerging is a different stance. I no longer see my task as holding myself back for others. I see it as learning to drive a more powerful vehicle with more consciousness. To respect my own potential without making it an idol. To respect other minds without infantilizing them.

If I can do that, then this surge in capability is not a threat to my humanity. It becomes a way to serve it.