b'The Tech Cumulus September 2021SHINY NEW GADGET How To Succeed In OF THE MONTHPeep The World Around You Business And Life In JustPeeps by CarbonKlean is the ultimate8 Hours Per Weekcleaning tool for glassesfar better than your traditional rag, spray or T-shirt. Its compact, easy to use and, most importantly, revolutionary in its ability to not only cleanDo you want to know my secret to successsmudges off your glasses but also protecthow Im able to live the way I do after growing up them from the next smudge.in a dysfunctional family, lasting half a semester in college and possessing no special skills, Peeps uses state-of-the-art carbontalents or intelligence? Well, I do two things that molecular technology to remove smudgesmost people dont do: I study and I plan. and dirt at a microscopic level as well as keepI pull these two levers once every day (and your lenses clear oftwice on Sunday), and thats what has led to contaminants longthree decades of success. You can follow my after you use it.example. Like all fundamentals of success, the daily disciplines of studying and planning To clean your lenses with Peeps, simplyare easy to understand, but hard to maintain brush them to remove dust and particles,in practice. Most people dont have discipline, wipe them between the heads of the tongsand, therefore, they do not succeed. Whats and enjoy your crystal-clear vision! more is that in total, you only have to study and plan for eight hours every week! Curious aboutI spend the remaining half of the first hour how that works? Let me break it down for you.of my day planning. That means I review my Whos Responsible ForMVPs (most valuable priorities) and walk Protecting Our Data? Early each morning, I give myself an hour tothrough my day in my head. Thinking about study and plan as needed. No matter how earlyhow I might interact and empathize with people Over 60% of people reuse passwords acrossthe rest of my day starts, I always start withhelps me grow my emotional intelligence. multiple sites, which goes to show how non- this hourno exceptions. I devote the first 30 security-minded people are with their onlineminutes to studying. When I say studying,Its also during my planning time that I identify data. Regardless, the onus for protectingwhat that basically means is that Im readingmy spotlight momentsthe moments when I consumer data online still fallsa book to grow one of my core skills. Dontknow my example is on display, where I need on the big tech companiesspend that first 30 minutes reading uselessto maximize my excellence. Want to know a that make the devices andcrap; only focus on books that will help youlittle secret? Being excellent isnt about trying applications people use. grow in some way.to be incredible at everything all the timeits about picking the right moments to maximize Big tech companies areIf your response to that idea of studying wasyour effort and be disproportionately excellent. the ones making moneythat you dont have time to read, then I would off of consumers data,say youre lying. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett,So, altogether, if you do those two things for an so its in their best interestOprah Winfrey, Elon Musk and Jack Ma are allhour each day, thats seven hours. The eighth to keep it safe. Plus, ifvoracious readers. Do you think youre busierhour happens on Sunday afternoon, when I they make devices andthan them? Yeah, thought not. Theyre not theplan out my week. And thats it. Thats how applications that connect peopleonly ones eitherthe average multimillionaireyou get a massive edge over your peers in 24/7, its their responsibility to keep thatreads at least two books a month. And guesswhatever youre doing. Too few do it and stick connection safe. Theyre the ones with thewhat? I can get through that many books in awith it, and that will make it all the easier for expertise on how to do so, notconsumers.month by reading just 30 minutes a day.anyone who does stick with it to succeed. Even though consumers could do better to protect their data online, its still theDarren Hardy is the former publisher of SUCCESS Magazine, and he has big tech companies that have the bestwritten several best-sellers, including The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster, Living Your Best Year Ever and The Compound Effect. He is also the recipient of reason and means to better protect theirthe Master of Influence designation from the National Speakers Association customersdata. (NSA), which honors his professionalism and public speaking ability. Technology That Works!216-393-24843'