Thought Lateral » management

#70 The live-in stranger that has your money since childhood

admin — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:11:00 +0000

There is increased competition in the marketplace and also in the school curriculum to equip each student with the skill sets to engage in that marketplace. However, there are some life-useful skills that appear to be missing from the class.

We all deal with money, yet there is no mandatory education in its creation, use, management, or movements.

Learning about, and getting to know this classroom stranger is a useful life exercise, because Finance is a stranger that lives around us in some form and really should be a friend whose nuances we are accustomed to.

#69 Most people shun free-no-strings-attached money. Get financially fitter

Denver — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:50:54 +0000

One penny is not a lot. Many would shun it if it lies on the street. Those who shun the free money also would like to be financially well off. Yet, by picking up the penny they would be moving one step closer to their goal.

As in health, we know what we should eat, yet may not. So in finance. Schools teach many subjects, but many are not taught with practical application. Financial health is poor, and our bank balance may appear undernourished.

We know the importance of looking after our finances when we try to exist on a lack of it. Surviving on £20 a week is an instructive life lesson.

It is pennies that make pounds, and taking the time to plan and exercise a strategy for looking after those pennies is time well spent. Increased financial fitness will be the result.

#60 Learn something new – technical

Denver — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:48:50 +0000

Brian Tracy, a time management guru, cites that what we know is sufficient to get us to today. To achieve and succeed in the future we must acquire and develop new skills and abilities.

This is even more true in the current information age in which we live. The fabric of our interactions is tearing and stitching together in complex ways with many new threads sewn in place.

Re-skill, add skill, complement skills, whichever is most suited to your desired end, it’s all good.

#45 Turbo park your car the lateral way, literally – Sprintcuts video

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:00:00 +0000

Some times the car needs to be parked, and the space is small.

In this video the stunt skilled driver displays how it can be done turbo style, with minimal fuss, and no to-ing and fro-ing. Forget parallel parking, this is the time saving method of lateral car parking. See how it’s done after the break…

(I love the info-graphics overlaid on that clip, awesome work!)

#44 How to peel in an egg-stremely quick way – Sprintcuts video

Denver — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:10:17 +0000

Once the egg timer has done its job and the egg is cooked we might as well turn the timer over and start again while we peel the egg – it can be a fiddly process and seems to take longer than boiling the egg did.
Or we could just watch this video and blow away any egg peeling personal best times we’ve set to date…

#43 How to soothe a crying baby – Sprintcut video

Denver — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:56:05 +0000

Having a crying baby is like an alarm clock that wont switch off. What if cute-yet-very-loud-and-noisy baby had a snooze button? That would be a helpful thing for any parent to soothe their crying child quickly…

Happy baby, happy parent, and happy family.

#42 Power pop a bottle cap and maintain popularity – Sprintcuts video

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:33:33 +0000

Need to open that bottle in front of you but you didn’t want to look lame by carrying around a bottle opener?

Now you look pretty lame with an unopened bottle, but wait! There is a solution, and it can make you appear even cooler than the drink you’re trying to open…

In a similar way to the “rock, paper, scissors” game – in the “bottle, skin-of-hand, bottle cap” game the bottle cap will lacerate your hand every time you get this wrong. So be careful! (In other words, it’s your own fault if you foul this up, but you would look cool if you pull it off.)

#41 How to speed shift sand post surf – Sprintcuts video

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:17:22 +0000

If you’ve just come off the beach and happen to be reading this (are you hard-wired to the internet?) you may need to remove some sand that decided to leave the beach, with you, but without an invite to do so.

If its stuck on you and you rather it wasn’t, watch the vid after the break showing how to drop the sand quicker than a weird stranger who’s hitting on you.

#40 For fast food, fast pour ketchup – Sprintcuts video

Denver — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:14:03 +0000

Continuing in the fast food line, waiting for gravity to act on ketchup can seem like the gastronomic equivalent of watching paint dry. Shake things up by increasing gravity, all without the headache of space travel after the break…

…or you can just buy a ketchup bottle with the nozzle on the bottom instead.

#39 How to fast fold a shirt in less than 5 seconds

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:30:40 +0000

Doing the laundry can be such a chore, and a bore. So why not spice it up by practising some Japanese origami and get the job done far faster?

Watch how it’s done in the vid after the break, but beware! You’ll never look at a pile of washed clothes the same way again!