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# Martin Varsavsky: how to be successfully lazy
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2012/06/martin_varsavsky_how_to_be_successfully/
- Published: 2012-06-19T18:41:18.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T15:38:29.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: #leweblondon, delegation, time management

[![Martin Varsavsky](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/06/Martin-Varsavsky-thumb-300x449-2610.jpg?resize=300%2C449)](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/06/Martin-Varsavsky.jpg?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) [The founder](http://english.martinvarsavsky.net/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) and CEO of [Fon](http://corp.fon.com/us/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) 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.