Better tools

I think we can all agree that an F1 race car is always going to beat a Prius in a drag race.

But the metaphor applies just as much to pretty much every else we do in the working world. The better the tool, the faster, more efficient, or better our work will be.

I think people often settle with the tools their employers give them or one’s they’re familiar with. They don’t look for better options even when it negatively affects their performance or results.

Sure, sticking to what’s available is cheaper and frictionless, but if it’s not helping you do your job, it doesn’t make sense to keep using it.

Case in point: I was having a headache of a time trying to edit videos in Wave. Then I found Veed, taught myself how to use, and the rest, as they say, is history. It's an amazing(!) online tool for editing videos, and it's astonishingly fast. I can’t believe the former continues to live while the other survives.

Alas. Better tools make everything better.