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June 19, 2012

Martin Varsavsky: how to be successfully lazy

Martin Varsavsky

The founder and CEO of Fon is coming out of the closet - as someone who doesn't work that hard. He doesn't think that entrepreneurs need to work that hard, despite the traditional image. How does he do this?

  • He never watches TV - just YouTube and Netflix sometimes. 
  • He doesn't watch sports - but he does them. 
  • He reads few books - but he writes a lot, ask yourself: "am I prepared to give 20 hours of my life to this person?"
  • Guys spend an average of 83 minutes grooming themselves. He spends 10 minutes. 
  • He flies his own page and has a driver. That saves time - but is "elitist" he admits. 
  • He almost never talks on the phone - he uses messaging clients instead. 
  • He doesn't drink. 
  • He doesn't do business meals - he hates them.  He saves meals for family and friends.
  • He shows up on time. 
  • Social media works for him. Twitter is his best search engine. He asks questions. He hires people...
  • He sleeps with his baby. Sleeping is important - and you should share it with the people you love
  • He goes to conferences - but says "no" to a lot of them. Saying "no" is a huge part of managing your time. 
  • He devotes time to philanthropy - because he enjoys and believes in it.
  • He spends wight weeks sailing - with his family and friends. And he doesn't pretend that he's working. But it's great for problem-solving
  • Oh, and he has a great team. 

But it's not for everyone. You have to be able to delegate - you have to say goodbye to having things done exactly the way you wont them done, and to decision making - but it gives you your time back. 



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