Technology you need :

Sometimes people ask me how they could improve their work, create more value- in short how to make most of the lousy 24 hours they have per day.

Some of my favorite recommendations are:

Make sure to maximise your "productive" time from the very moment you get up each day. Some people say one should eat like a king in the morning. I say that's rubbish! Seriously, do you really want to wake up, waist some time kissing your partner good morning, go into the kitchen to put some croissants into the oven, cut fresh fruits into a Muesli, squeeze some oranges and go out into the cold to get the newspaper so as to read across it while talking to your partner? If you still do that, or parts of this ridiculous programm, then you have some great potential, at least 20 mins, right here! If you still insist on having some form of breakfast at home then make at least sure to use efficiency enhancing tools. Butter, Stick type, is a hot tip!


Alright, I do agree that one needs to sleep 4-5 hours per day. But hey, face it, do you really need to do this at home and in a bed? Are you that inflexible? What a waste of time! The average person spends quite an important proportion of his/her time on the way to work, respectively on the way back home. Do you really wants to sacrifice this time talking to random people about irrelevant things, observing the latest fashion trends showcased by the beauty standing next to you, listening to the revealing cellphone conversations of the person waiting for the same bus or snapping a scene with your camera that made you smile and might make others smile as well?! Forget about all this and use the time you spent in the subway/bus well. Sleep, and reduce the hours you spend at home sleeping accordingly. The technology has anticipated it, so what are you waiting for?


Another time serious killer is lunch. Seriously, isn't eating a big, fat, time consuming Sysiphus anyway? So why spend more time on it than striclty required? First rule: eat something cold because a) you don't have to wait for someone to heat up your food for you that you b) need to let cool down anyway before you can actually eat it (tell me, how silly can it actually get?). Should you be invited by someone that insists on ordering something hot for you: Don't forget to take along your chopstick fan. You'll gain some valuable minutes!


One of the most persistent ideas out there: one needs a partner! Get a grip, a partner can cost you about the same amount of time as having a TV. A partner wants to be cherished, listened to, complimented and taken out (hence, next to the hudge time investment you also loose money; not only the money you spend on food, drinks, flowers,.. but also the one you could have earned working instead of going out!) Hence, if you want to make a difference, be a really good worker, a really committed one, one that stands out and shines, then make sure to invest a couple of bucks into the right cusion and i promise you will gain, yet again, a lot of precious time...

Hm, guess I would be fired as an HR bum If I really believed in the above. Thanks Sanaty for sharing these pics of great innovations with me! :)