Asking good questions of yourself is one key to coming up with good answers. One such question ought to be: How can I make this simpler?

One of the easiest things to do in anything is to add complication. We complicate our tasks, our lives, our jobs, and our relationships.  We seem to be masters of adding: we add responsibility, work-load, possessions, stress, and strain to our days. We add features to our equipment, modifications to our toys, and events to our calendars. It seems the answer to any question always involves more.

But what if it didn't?

What if the answer to the better questions involved less?

What if the big breakthrough in your business, career, or whatever resided in your ability to make what you are doing simpler?

What if you could prune, condense, and simplify?

What if you could make things easier and more straightforward?

Anyone can add, it takes courage to subtract. 

So get thinking. Think about less, easier, and simpler. And trust me, doing so is not that easy or simple.

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6 responses to “It’s Not That Simple”

  1. Holger Spiewak Avatar
    Holger Spiewak

    Amen to that!!! Thank you, Chris, for showing by your actions, not just words, how to live a life of priorities (and having the right priorities to begin with, 1. God, 2. Family, 3. Business).
    Today’s The Day!!!
    Holger

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  2. Rbrobertson Avatar

    Wow! After spending 5 years in the U.S. Navy, I had to learn this principle of simplicity the hard way. Thanks Chris for really putting this out there! I strive to make life simpler!

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  3. Phyllis Hoff Avatar
    Phyllis Hoff

    Chris:
    Anyone can add, it takes courage to subtract. That is priceless and so true. I never thought of it in that way before, but oh, that
    makes so much sense.
    Deciding what to subtract sometimes is difficult for me but getting better at it.
    Thanks Chris.

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  4. Steve Visser Avatar

    Hey Chris… If only our Congress understood and acted on this concept. Then again you did say it takes Courage to Subtract! Nevermind… what was I thinking!

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    The blog provides helpful information regarding the topic and it also gives a vast knowledge as well which helps us in our studies and in practical life.

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  6. Abraham Friesen Avatar

    Thanks Chris I needed that!

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