Why I added “Being Lazy” as a skill on LinkedIn

Gabriel Jourdan
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 min read

Why did I add “Being Lazy“ as one of my skills on LinkedIn? Take this as an example:

Today I realized I had a repetitive task at work that did not require any creativity but cost me about 2 hours every week. This is what I did:

  • Wrote down the single parts of the workflow to identify automatic and manual steps (Took me 10 minutes)
  • Researched and brainstormed on services and small hacks that let me automize as many manual steps of the workflow as possible (2 hours)
  • Set up & tested the automation (2 hours)

Result: Voila. I reduced the manual steps by 75% in under 5 hours. The whole workflow now only takes 30 minutes per week instead of 2 hours. Same output — higher ROI + I can focus on other things instead.

Be lazy and work smarter not harder! Spent some time thinking about what you are doing all day and if you could increase your productivity. Let me know if you need any tips & tricks.

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