I've been thinking about pace a lot. More specifically, how to organize my time to get the things done that matter and not get caught up in other things. Quality over quantity.
Pace is very different here in Europe. It's quiet time from 2-4pm while people head home to have lunch with their families and rest. It's so busy in North America and I'm really trying to sort through where the diminishing returns on busy start.
I'm better at this than I once was, but I still hear a voice in my head more than I like "so and so worked this much this week, you should keep going too", etc. As if keeping pace with the other cars really means anything.
Seth Godin wrapped this is up well this week on his blog. Usually that means that it's not just me pushing this around in my head.