Free Always Eat Left Handed: 15 Surprisingly Simple Secrets of Success by Rohit Bhargava

Club Soda and Micro-Solutions
    Club Soda may be the ultimate micro-solution to annoyingly common problem.  Most of us know that it is useful for immediately getting stains out of clothing … but that’s not what it was originally created to do.  Someone had to discover that use, and then start sharing it.  Over time, it has become one of those lessons that many of us learn at some point during our journey towards adulthood.   
    Will club soda change your life? Probably not.
    Still, knowing this one little useful detail can make a difference in dozens of small moments over the course of your life.  It may not change your destiny, but it certainly might change your day.  Or someone else you may have the change to help with their own spill or mishap someday.
    Micro-solutions are like that.  They are tiny lessons, fixes or “life hacks” that change small parts of your daily routine or help you overcome challenges.  Any one of them alone may only have a small effect on your life.  But together, learning these lessons can prepare you for success.  They can make the difference between winning and losing. 
    Micro-solutions can change everything.  
    The aim of this book is to offer you 15 ideas like that.   It is a compilation of some of the hidden, counterintuitive and sometimes baffling secrets that can help inspire success.  They are each shared through real stories, minimal buzzwords and are told as briefly as I could make them.
    Some of these ideas may offer interesting reminders of a principle that you have seen at work in your own life.  Others may reinforce a deeper truth that changes the way you interact with others or prepare yourself for success.
    Here’s a quick summary of all the lessons – without the context or stories behind them.  I’ll admit I’m using a writer’s trick here to invite you to read more about the principles and why each one might have some value for you in your own life.  
    So if my shameless attempt to pique your interest works – take the journey with me and read on!   
     
Play the Cello.
Overlap Your Legos.
Wear Jeans.
Avoid Cauliflower.
Build A Bookshelf.
Take The Window Seat.
Use A Sharpie.
Keep It Emotional.
Interrupt Often.
Ignore Job Descriptions.
Be Forgetful.
Never Serve Burnt Toast.
Lose Your Watch.
Let Ideas Travel.
Walk In High Heels.

Introduction
    I used to wish I was left handed. 
    Actually, it’s more accurate to say I wish I was left footed – so I could more easily play on the left side during the many soccer games I played growing up.  I was reminded of that childhood wish at a networking event several years ago.  It was an upscale affair – with waiters to pass around food along with plenty of wine and cocktails. 
    In my worried haste that afternoon, I realized quickly that I had skipped lunch.  At that time, I would often avoid having food at networking events because it could get messy, and it is always hard to juggle a plate and a drink and eat while also greeting people. 
    That day, I was too hungry.
    So I loaded my plate of food held it in my hands.  I quickly realized that shaking hands would be a messy effort if I started eating with my right hand … so I switched.  As I ate with my left, I realized it made it much easier to shake hands with my right.  But that one simple switch changed more than my ability to shake hands. 
    As soon as I started eating left handed, I no longer avoided conversation while I was eating.  I didn’t have that awkward moment of having to clean off my hands, or be forced in moments of high flu season to be a “hand sanitizer guy” who followed some sort of weird cleansing ritual after every interaction. 
    Eating left handed made me more approachable.  It changed the way I thought about networking events and how I might enjoy them.  After that, I started focusing on making deeper connections with fewer people at every event instead of collecting business cards.  Those connections started