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Slow thinking has the feeling of something you do. It's deliberate.

I used to feel kind of impatient with people who couldn't do things fast or couldn't remember stuff.

Life is going to hit you some line drives, and sometimes you'll have to think fast. However, it's better to think first than to think fast.

I realized that I have to slow down. I work so hard, I'm so busy.

I swing between procrastination and being really thorough so either way things aren't getting done quickly.

If you slow things down, you notice things you hadn't seen before.

My mind moves very fast. I go through a lot of moods and emotions.

I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.

I can be a bit impatient sometimes. If I'm really focusing on something, I can expect everybody to move at the same pace, and that's probably not massively endearing.

Behavioral scientists distinguish between fast thinking and slow thinking. Fast thinking is represented in the mind's System 1: it is automatic, intuitive, and often emotional. Slow thinking, reflected in System 2, is deliberative and reflective; it likes statistics. It's hard to think of a purer System 1 candidate than Trump.