Image by Dmitriy from Pixabay

Last week I wrote about the fact that people were more productive when we moved from wired connections to wireless.

Besides the distraction that wireless devices can create, being wired has other implications:

• When you’re wired, you have a specific location for doing something.
• When you’re wired, there’s no sitting on the sofa with your laptop while watching TV.
• When you’re wired, you can’t take your phone or tablet to bed — which ultimately leads to better sleep.
• When you’re wired, you need to move more throughout the day to get your day-to-day stuff done, which helps you burn more calories and stay more active.

When you read productivity books, they all emphasize that to be productive, one should focus on a few key things:

• Focus on one thing at a time -> from “Deep Work” by Cal Newport
• Avoid distractions -> from “Indistractable” by Nir Eyal
• Get a good amount of sleep -> from “Why We Sleep” by Matthew Walker
• Be more active throughout the day -> from “Atomic Habits” by James Clear

You see, just by being wired, one can naturally live a better, more productive life.

I was talking with my wife the other day and told her I was way more productive when I had a desktop PC. When I think about it, my current laptop is far more powerful than my old PC, but simply because I was wired, I was able to achieve more when I used it.