I sat next to someone recently and watched them use their laptop for a few minutes.

It was painful. Not because they weren’t smart — but because every small action took far longer than it needed to.

Two basic changes that will make you faster today:

1. Turn your trackpad speed to maximum.

Go to settings and drag tracking speed all the way to the right. It’ll feel wrong for a few days. Stick with it.

At lower speeds, you’re constantly lifting your finger and repositioning just to cross the screen. You’ve stopped noticing because you’ve done it for years.

At maximum speed, your cursor goes where you want it in a single motion. One intention, one movement. Most people are fully comfortable within a week and never go back.

Use window management software.

If you’re still dragging and resizing windows manually, stop.

I personally use Raycast. Set your layout with a keypress and get back to work — no dragging needed. Once it’s installed you’ll also find yourself using it to launch apps, search files, and other things you didn’t know you needed.

Both take a few minutes to set up. Neither requires any discipline to maintain. You just wake up faster.