Reminds me of a stripped thread on my old bike.

OSHA standards change every few years, not every year. If your crew has the basics down, yearly sign-ups might be too much. Their reaction might mean it's time to check if all that training is really needed.

My friend Liam brought his copy of Everdell to our game night but ended up playing it alone for an hour before anyone showed up. He was building this huge, quiet town on his board, totally focused on his own plan with the event cards. It looked peaceful, not lonely, like solving a puzzle just for the fun of it. I see your point about missing the group chaos, @anthonyh85, but for some folks that solo focus is its own kind of fun, a break from the noise. Liam said he got a different kind of satisfaction from pulling off a perfect game by himself.

And it's not just speed, they're crazy consistent too. Like in assembly lines, every product comes out identical (which humans just can't do forever). That consistency saves money on waste and recalls. Plus, in data processing, machines handle huge amounts without the errors that would take forever to fix by hand.

Read an interview once with a furniture maker who said he sets a kitchen timer for small tasks. Like, he'll give himself twenty minutes just to mark out the lines on one corner, then he has to stop. It forces you to go step by step. I tried it when planing some boards last week and it worked. You stop fighting the clock and just focus on the one cut you're making right then.