Ryan Leak

Most of the stress that you have doesn't come from one giant catastrophic event.

It comes from what?

Small, reoccurring annoyances.

Lost keys, a bill you forgot to pay.

the login that never works.

I can't remember my passwords to save my life.

It's even, even when the password saves, like this password no longer, you're like, but I saved it.

And how come it's not like, it's just, it's like, what's happening?

Clutter that slowly takes over your desk.

None of it's dramatic, but a low key just drains energy.

So I think this idea of removing irritant, while it's not glamorous, I do think it's transformational.

I mean, you just, I mean, obviously you think about your job.

Just what would it look like for you to just shorten meetings and give people their time back?

Like how many meetings have we had that were 60 minutes that could have been 20?

How many three-hour meetings have we had that could have been an email?

Like, remove the irritant.

I mean, you just think about approval processes and what we would call corporate red tape.

Like, what if you just remove the irritant and made the approval process just a little more simple?

I mean, going back to your personal life, I mean, you just think about removing irritants there, like,

If it's lost keys, what if you just picked a place, created a space for those precious keys?