The kitchen safe is the time-lock container designed to help us fight temptations. USA today and time magazine call it "brilliant!" here's how it works:

1) place an item in the kitchen safe

2) rotate the button to set the timer (from 1 minute to 10 days)

3) press the button to activate the lock once locked, the kitchen safe cannot be opened until the timer reaches zero. Seriously, there are no overrides, once it's locked, it’s locked.

Studies of highly successful people show that the best strategy for achieving goals is to avoid relying on willpower in all situations. These people are more likely to use something called pre commitment, which significantly improves odds of achieving goals. Pre commitment is the notion of committing to a smart choice early, when we know we will be tempted by a bad choice later. The kitchen safe is a tool that enables us to pre commit to smart choices.