Tempo
n. the speed of interaction.
Tempo is noteworthy because the term is regularly treated as a single truth, when in actuality it is highly relative to the participant and easily malleable. Tempo requires a standard to compare to. Does the waterfall pour 1 gallon per second or 4 quarts per second? The volume of water is the same, but the tempo of the attention is truly different.
Tempo is manipulated or reframed when someone coaches, “Don’t sweat the small stuff” (quit counting quarts and focus on the gallons).
see Temporal Relativity