Most of us are going too fast. Or rather, we’re trying to go too fast.
That podcast isn’t going to be popular overnight.; you need to commit 18 months to it. Your business isn’t going to shoot to the moon in a fortnight; you need to commit 5 years to it. Your sales pitch doesn’t have to be presented at the speed of sound. Take it easy.
When you try to go too fast, people can see that you’re flying through and it smack of insecurity. When you try to go too fast, people will feel like you aren’t hearing them and they will cease trusting you. When you go too fast, you burn out and become bitterly disappointed by your failures. (Often things that would not be a failure if you just stuck with it for another year, etc…)
Also, take it easy on yourself if you aren’t hitting the kind of goals and achievements that you had hoped at this point–that, too, takes time.
When you slow the process down (no matter what the process), you calm the process down. A calm disposition is much more effective for being warm, friendly, creative, trustworthy, and working in a stress-free mode.