Wear a uniform. It’s ok to have a few uniforms depending on weather/season, but the goal is to not have to think when getting dressed. Get up, shower, put clothes on.
Your uniform should be comfortable and make you feel good.
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As an IT person? interesting. From my little experience wearing uniform they can increase motivation in some cases, although they might the opposite affect in some cases- think of a policeman in a supporting community vs. a debt collector during recession. But I have never heard of a developer wearing uniforms...
It’s a uniform in the sense that you wear the same clothes everyday, but not a literal, formal uniform like police or other prescribed outfit.
E.g. you decide that you will wear jeans and black t-thirts everyday. So you go out and buy 2 pairs of jeans and 10 black t-shirts. Then every day that’s what you get dressed in and this never have to think “what am I going to wear today?”
I wore brown overalls and white t-shirts for years as my uniform. This makes you more productive because you’ve now eliminated effort from another task in your day, making it more efficient and able to spend mental energy on other stuff.
I believe from uniform they meant wear similar clothes everyday, or at least for work. Like Steve Jobs with his black turtle necks, or Mark Zuckerberg with his back t-shirts.
I saw Steve Jobs's black turtle necks as branding. Which Elizabeth Holmes copied.
But, seriously, how long does it take to select your clothes in the morning? 1 minute out of the 1440 minutes in a day? Then sit in meetings for a couple hours a day?? Just does not compute.
I think that it's not about saving time but about getting into the right mood