While I love the concept of online shopping, I have been known to become somewhat impatient with the process. This is probably how I end up with twenty pairs of socks shipped to my house when all I really wanted was one pair. Clearly, I need to learn to pay closer attention to the messages that flash on the screen that say something like, “don’t hit the enter key or you are going to get lots of stuff sent to you that you didn’t want." Or better yet, I go through the painful process of filling out all of the screens to purchase a five-dollar item, only to find out that I needed to sign up as a member to complete my order. I then hit the big X in the corner and end up right back where I started. Funny how "convenience" has an element of being really inconvenient.
This is why I am a big fan of Amazon and their One-Click button. Amazon realized that they could get their customers to spend a lot of money if they got rid of all the hassles and steps to purchase a simple item. This little tool got me thinking about how I can apply the One-Click concept to my personal and professional life. I need to try to find a way to One-Click some of the tasks on my to-do list.
The possibilities to One-Click in life are endless. It may be as simple as throwing mail into the trash that I know I will never read rather than adding it to the pile labeled, “someday when I have nothing better to do." The One-Click may even come in handy when I procrastinate on doing something more challenging, like initiating a difficult conversation. The key will be to recognize when I am making the simple too complicated.
Now, if I could just find a way to One-Click my email inbox and have everything responded to and sent into the right folders, I would be set. Maybe Microsoft will figure that out next.
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