What is a slow game?

A slow game is both a mindset and a strategy — in life, business, or art — where you deliberately trade speed for depth, urgency for endurance, and short wins for lasting impact.

It is where progress is not immediate, rewards are delayed, and the journey itself is part of the strategy. Writing a book, mastering a skill, building relationships, growing a business, raising a family, managing career - all of these are slow games.

Life is a slow game.

The goal in the slow game is to keep playing. It is to move slowly but consistently, making time your ally. You become what you build. Slow games are not zero sum, it is where everyone can win.

How to play a slow game?

In a slow game you build systems, such that consistent action makes the desired outcome inevitable. You do not need to plan everything out from the beginning, but evolve it over time. The key is consitent action. Failures are setbacks, but also an opportunity to evolve the system. You patiently persevere, that's it.

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