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Maybe I have a stronger intrinsic work motivation than most people, but I seem to get luckier when I slow down, assess the situation, and start making simple but sometimes extremely emotionally difficult changes.

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Well, I think your scenario applies to another idea: most often we avoid doing that thing that really is the most important, because we emotionally fear it somehow. It can be just calling a client, or changing a career, or even translates for asking a partner out.

For this, you are right, it is vital to stop from time to time, assess the situation, identify the most important thing, and regardless of how difficult it is, do it.

And you are right, often in hustle mode we go fast and work hard, but don't work intelligently.

I'm trying myself to incorporate forced "retreats or slow-downs" to better assess my progress.

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