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1/100 On the morning of 12 January 2007, a young man in a baseball cap played the violin in a Washington metro station for about 43 minutes. He was Joshua Bell, one of the most celebrated violinists in the world. His instrument was a Stradivarius made in 1713 and reportedly worth millions of dollars. A few days earlier he had filled a Boston concert hall where good seats cost around 100 dollars. That morning, about 1,100 people walked past him on their way to work. Seven stopped to listen for at least a minute. One woman recognised him. The open violin case collected about 32 dollars. The journalist Gene Weingarten set up the stunt for the Washington Post, and his article won a Pulitzer Prize in 2008. He noticed something striking in the video. Several small children tried to stop and listen, and each time a parent pulled them along. It was a newspaper experiment with no control group, at rush hour, in a noisy hall. Many commuters were simply late for work, and some may not have liked classical music. Still, the scene became famous because it captured something many people feel. Hurry can make you walk past what you would otherwise pay to see. This chapter looks at hurry itself. You will see what research says about rushing and where the pressure comes from, and how to slow down without falling behind.