Relaxing Constraints

Relaxing Constraints

The Power of One Second

Seemingly nothing, but it adds up

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Wesley Jackson
Aug 06, 2024
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One second isn’t much, but just like pennies, they add up. If you can save one second on a task that you do 10 times a day, in a year you’d save an hour. Over the next 48 years that would be 3 extra days worth of waking hours you’d have. So, 10 seconds a day = 3 days of life.

You may not think there is anything you do 10 times a day, but you should look …

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