The tyranny of convenience
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I'm outside a packed Starbucks in Orlando, sitting comfortably in the sun while the line curls around the building, because I ordered and paid from the app. It reminded me of a New York Times piece called The Tyranny of Convenience, which argued convenience is the most powerful and underrated force guiding our decisions.
The easiest way always wins. It's the same reason I record these podcasts by telling Siri to start, then speaking the title and description, and it's on iTunes before my drink is ready.
So look at everything you do and ask how you can make it as convenient as possible for the people you work with. Do that, and watch them come straight to you.
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Good morning, it's Dean Sunday morning and I'll tell you something that's happening right this minute. I'm here in Orlando, just wrapped up a wonderful two day Mastermind event here in Orlando and going home back to Winter Haven and stopping at Starbucks on the way. And of course when we got in, the store is completely packed. I mean the drive thru people are lined up around the, around the Starbucks inside, the store's packed, the lineup is curling all around the place and something wonderful is happening right this second.
I because I have the Starbucks app, I was able to sit down nice and comfortably here outside. It's a beautiful day and I ordered from the app and paid from the app. And we have four to nine minutes right now before our drinks will arrive. And it reminded me that there was a wonderful article in the New York Times about a year ago now called the Tyranny of Convenience.
And you can look it up on the interwebs. Just do a quick search for New York Times Tyranny of Convenience and you'll see that this article estimated that convenience is the most powerful and under underrated force for influence and it guides all of our decisions. Now I sort of think that there's so many opportunities for us to really kind of think about how we can make things as convenient as possible. The easiest way is always going to win.
And as I'm doing this right now, it reminded me of my, the, the tool that I use to make these podcasts, the click talk done tool. And all I do, I literally say to my iPhone, I say, siri, let's podcast. And she automatically jumps into action, brings up the thing. All I have to do is I'm talking right now.
As soon as I'm done talking, I'll push a button on the or push the screen, it stops. It'll prompt me to speak the title and then I'll push okay. And it'll prompt me to speak the description and I'll press okay. And then off it'll go and you'll have this podcast on itunes in as long as it's going to take for me to get my drink.
So while other people who are not so convenience minded are sitting in line, fuming, waiting just to get to the counter to place their order, to then get their drinks. We're going to be having had a wonderful experience of sharing this with you while we're waiting on a drink. So I think that's probably been close enough. My drinks are ready.
But the lesson in this is embrace the tyranny of convenience and see how can you make things more convenient? As convenient as possible for anybody that you work with and see if they don't flock right to you. Have a great day.