Do you hate coming into work and saying “hey” to all your coworkers.
I do, too. It can take you up to 10 minutes longer to actually get to your desk if you say hello to everyone. That ultimately hurts progress, which hurts productivity, which hurts your career advancement. Losing 10 minutes every single day is equivalent to career sabotage.
But Sunglasses Guy, I don’t want to hurt people’s feelings. I don’t want to greet some people but not others.
Solution: Wear sunglasses to work.
Wearing sunglasses into work says a few things:
- I’m a confident dude who knows what he wants (sorry that you aren’t like me)
- I am so focused on the things I need to get done that I havent even thought about removing my sunglasses
- Because I’m so busy and focused, I don’t have time for petty talk
- I could be looking at you, but you would never know it. Since you don’t have my eye contact you better not try to talk to me
- I’m the office badass and if you don’t like it you can suck it.
Try wearing sunglasses for a few days as you walk into work and see if people still try to chat you up and waste your time. They won’t. And you will be 10 minutes more productive each day, about an hour each week and gain over a whole week’s worth of productivity over the year.
