Amazed by the vast ability to explore and wander around the entire world without leaving the comfort of your own home? Sure you are! We all are. Some of us more so than others – brass tacks lead us to the conclusion that we could all use a few pointers on increasing life-productivity. Yes, this probably means at the cost of being as connected as you might like. It’ll be worth it.
Warren Buffett is a well known financial genius who spent every waking moment (and I would hazard to guess even the non-waking moments) brainstorming ways to increase his score in the financial game. According to “The Snowball“, by Alice Schroeder, Mr. Buffett couldn’t stand to waste any time with things that were not aligned with his goals of amassing greater and greater wealth.
However, he was criticized for only bringing in roughly 12% growth on Berkshire Hathaway toward the later part of the 2000’s as opposed to the usual 27% in his hay-days. Granted, his life changed quite a bit toward this time-frame… but something struck me as particularly interesting. He didn’t spend most of his free-time trying to figure out new ways to achieve. In fact, he spent a lot more time playing Bridge, Online Bridge, and Helicopter on his computer.
How much further could he have gone without these distractions? Heck, if the most financially successful man in the UNIVERSE can fall prey to these distractions… surely we all have at least something to learn.