Some thoughts:
Sometimes we heard people say "In photography, you need to slow down". This is only true when you are taking photos leisurely. When taking part in photo competitions, very often you are required to speed things up. There is a time frame in which you must complete your photography tasks. So my motto in photography is: Chop Chop gets the thing done. Choose the best OOC photos you have taken. Editing should be none or if really required it should be minimum.
The Choptographer =)