Getting Things Done – Just Do It

Howdy. Hope you’ve had a good weekend.

A couple of weeks ago I posted a blog about some previous job experiences I had. Anthony Dever is a guy who often provides some feedback and is pretty smart.

Anthony recommended a book called: “Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking”.

Because Anthony recommended it I thought “Okay, I’ll buy that.”

So I immediately logged onto Amazon.com, found the book and went to buy it. Just as I was going to buy it my wife came in. She saw the book on the screen and asked me about it. Then she said, “Don’t buy it at Amazon. I’ll get it for you at the local bookstore.”

2 weeks later and I still don’t have that book

That was 2 weeks ago. I still don’t have that book. I want that book because a big part of my business is having more knowledge than the next guy. And from what I’ve read about the book it will give me a decent bit of knowledge.

To save myself $10 I’ve waited 2 weeks to get the book – and I probably would have forgotten about it entirely if someone else didn’t recommend the book to me today.

Convenience outweighs cost

In our busy lives it’s often about convenience above cost.

By the time I go out and find this book it will cost me an hour or so. With that hour’s labour I could have earned 10 times what the book costs.

So not only is it about convenience, it’s also about efficiency, profitability and much more. And I only started of complaining because my wife hadn’t bought me the book yet!!

I used to get into the office each morning and then take a 5 minute walk to buy the newspaper. That’s a 10 minute round trip. Which is 50 minutes a week. Which is about 50 hours a year.

Which is an entire week’s work!

Which is an entire week’s work!

Inefficiencies are everywhere – we need to be aware of them so we can deal with them effectively and make our businesses’ better.