I wonder how many tools exist that 1) we don’t know about, and 2) could make our lives a lot easier?
We’re leaving tomorrow to go camping in Wales for the weekend. I needed to do laundry before leaving but didn’t have time this morning to wait for a load to finish.
It was only then I discovered our washing machine’s delay feature. No sitting damp in the machine all day. I had perfectly washed clothes when I got home from work.
It made me think about other examples of latent potential. The tools in our lives that are seldom used, but packed with power.
For example, the ideas held in books hold an extraordinary amount of latent potential if applied wisely by the reader. So too do the empty seats in the bumper-to-bumper traffic jams of major cities (we could reduce carbon emissions and commuting durations at the same time if carpooling was the norm).
Latent potential has the ability to improve our lives, and the lives of others, if we keep our eyes open for it.