Success itself is very simple. It is we who make it complicated.
Over the years, and for all sorts of reasons, we learn how to complicate most things we come into contact with.
We don’t start off that way. When we were kids, we were drawn to simplicity. More often than not, we were more interested in the box the present came in than the present itself!
As adults, anything that seems hard or complex has just been created that way – by you.
And you can undo that learning by dividing any complex issue into very straightforward parts. As you learn to master the smaller, simpler parts, no project will ever be too difficult.
Action – What project, system or issue are you working on, or for that matter avoiding, that feels too complicated? List all the simple parts that make up the complexity.
And set about mastering each one.
Very helpful advice, indeed!
I’m glad you like it, Salome!
A former boss used to say: ‘the best way to eat a whole elephant is to slice it very thin’. Simple!