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I don’t usually read forwarded email, but I received one today that caught my attention. It was written by someone who works at Volvo in Sweden, and he mentions how any project in the company “takes 2 years to be finalized, even if the idea is simple and brilliant. It’s a rule.”
我并不常常去看那些转发的邮件，但是今天收到的一封却引起了我的注意。这封信是一位瑞典沃尔沃工作人员写的，他提到公司里的任何项目，“即使想法简单、高明，但是也至少要花两年的时间才确定下来。”
Apparently the fast-paced global corporate world, focused on immediate results, “contrasts greatly with the slow movements of the Swedish. They, on the other hand, debate, debate, debate, hold x quantity of meetings and work with a slowdown scheme. At the end, this always yields better results.”
显然，快节奏的全球合作注重立竿见影的成果。“这与瑞典缓慢模式迥然不同。从另一方面来说，他们不断的讨论，讨论，再讨论，召开n场会议并且放慢议题过程。最终，这种模式常常带来更丰厚的回报”
He relates the following story:
The first time I was in Sweden, one of my colleagues picked me up at the hotel every morning. It was September, bit cold and snowy. We would arrive early at the company and he would park far away from the entrance (2000 employees drive their car to work). The first day, I didn’t say anything, either the second or third. One morning I asked, “Do you have a fixed parking space? I’ve noticed we park far from the entrance even when there are no other cars in the lot.” To which he replied, “Since we’re here early we’ll have time to walk, and whoever gets in late will be late and need a place closer to the door. Don’t you think? Imagine my face.
他讲述了下面这个故事：
起初，我在瑞典，每天早上我的同事到我的小旅馆来，顺道带我去公司。时至九月，飞雪严寒，我们到达公司比较早，他把车停在了离入口处很远的地方（2000个员工都是开车来上班）。第一天，我没说什么，第二天，第三天同样是这样。一天早上，我问道：“你有固定的停车地点吗？我发现我们总是停在离入口处很远的地方，哪怕停车场没有其他的车子。”他回答说：“正是因为我们到的比较早，我们有时间走过去，迟到的人更需要一个靠近大门的空车位。不是吗？”可以想象我的脸红成什么样了吧。
He goes on to talk about a movement in Europe named Slow Food, which “establishes that people should eat and drink slowly, with enough time to taste their food, spend time with the family, friends, without rushing. Slow Food is against its counterpart: the spirit of Fast Food and what it stands for as a lifestyle.”
他继续谈论着在欧洲的一场慢食运动，它鼓励人们应该细嚼慢咽的吃喝，拥有足够的时间品尝食物，花些时间和家人朋友在一起，而不是一味的奔忙。慢食运动反对它的对立面：快餐精神和拥护它作为一种生活方式的任何事物。
