Examples of the Law of Diminishing Returns

Highlighted areas from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminishing_returns

 

 

Examples in the RED box:

If you invest in nothing there is zero return!

 

Examples in the BLUE box:

1. Changing a light bulb

• Ladder
• Work Gloves
• Screwdriver
• Pliers

2. Exercising

• Yoga mat
• Running gloves
• Head cover
• Park with benches and steps

Examples in the GREEN box:

1. Changing a light bulb

• Hammer

2. Exercising

• Gym Membership

Everyday businesses need to use more computers!

We are coming to the Year 2022 - and so many businesses are still using paper forms!

Print it out fill it in, scan it and e-mail it! Come on!

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A partnership between Microsoft and Adobe to natively convert forms in Word into PDF forms would be a good start!

 
No point for Microsoft to keep blazing along with Biztalk etc ... !!

DIY - Household Glass Cleaners are great on your Car Windscreen!!

There are great as they are almost guaranteed to be alcohol based unlike some windscreen washer fluids which may mostly use soap and can still leave marks on your windscreen.

These household glass cleaners are also easier to apply as you can just dump them on your windscreen as opposed to:

1. Opening up your bonnet
2. Filling up the windscreen washer fluid
3. Using windscreen wipers to shoot it back onto the windscreen 

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On that point Traffic Light Window Washers and the Squeegee buckets at the Petrol Stations rarely use Glass Cleaners! 

DIY - Cost $$$ Advantages of Floating vs. Free - Standing Shelving $$$

Advantages of wall shelves over shelves that stand on the floor:

1. They use much less material as no wood is required for legs or a base;
1. Hence you do not have this extra cost
2. Floating shelves can also be taken from free-standing shelves since they use more material
2. Free - standing shelves in that sense also lack versatility and flexibility hence more $$$ needs to be written off when they are no longer suited to the area you had before;

The raw grain can be 'finished off' by staining the wood, edging it by hand etc ...

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Skills needed; power saw, drill and impact driver!

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This is also true for desks, workbenches etc ... ! 

DIY - Applying the Project Management Triangle from Restaurants & Cafes to Cooking @ Home

Before the Internet everyone cooked a set menu (including restaurants and cafes). 

Amongst the advantages of this is mastery of the Project Management Triangle;speed, quality and cost: 

1. It didn't take too long
2. You didn't run the risk of making a mess and producing inedible food!
3. You didn't use up or waste excessive amounts of ingredients

If you have just read something off the Internet and want to give it a try - give yourself a bit of room to move in terms of extra time, more ingredients etc ... when you first try it out

Even in the 21st Century you'll notice that restaurants and cafe's hardly change their menus, they're could be a number of reasons for this ... but anyway! 

For example when making sandwiches and wraps I found out these great tips to make great sandwiches (& wraps) :

• You needed to try and push or pull extra 'hard' to get rid of ALL the air out from the sandwich or wrap
• You need to really make sure you keep wet and dry separate i.e. most importantly bread from wet fillings

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 ~ If you are still looking to improve your cooking it makes sense to stick to a few dishes and what you are familiar with and to get really good at it - before branching out 

~ Bear in mind the cooks that can whip up anything are the experienced cooks! 

DIY - The Written Word - all display Options

There is a plethora of companies out there now whom can print

• Signs (onto Plastic, foam etc ...)
• Banners onto Cloth 
• And so on ...

https://www.vistaprint.com.au/signs-posters

https://www.officeworks.com.au/

In addition to the Painting techniques described in my other blog post:

https://optimise-performance.blogspot.com/2019/01/diy-painting-at-home-for-non-builders.html

Don't forget handiness with a:

• Drill, 
• Impact Driver
• Building Materials necessary to hang signs etc ... (Screws, Plugs, Hooks, etc ..)
• Cable Ties (using pliers to tie banners to posts, mesh etc ... through holes in the banners, canvas etc ..._

will hence give you all the options for display of the Written Word!

No more excessive & overboard use of laminating paper or cardboard and blu-tack!

DIY - Speedy Can Opening tips

Speedy and quality can opening is essential for busy people trying to make food on the go!

This is summarised from YouTube videos:

1. If you are having trouble lift the can off your bench and / or angle the can opener ~ the can opener does not necessarily sit at right angles to the can / bench ...
2. Well before you start cutting have a look at which ways the:
1. Cutting wheels rotate
2. And subsequently which way the opener is going to roll around the top of the can

DIY ~ Another helpful tip for Hooks & Shelves

A handy tip if you're installing your own hooks and brackets (and consequently shelves) to save muscles!

Also refer to previous posts on hooks and shelves:
 

https://optimise-performance.blogspot.com/2019/11/diy-cost-advantages-of-floating-vs-free.html
https://optimise-performance.blogspot.com/2019/01/diy-installing-monitor-arm-or-hooks-at.html

You can tape, clamp or create improvised structures (or a combination of these technique) to temporarily hold your hook or bracket until you have driven in the screws.

Improvised structures could be made out of books and furniture or wood and timber, for example.

This might also save you an extra person to hold a hook or bracket for you!