That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. Steve Jobs
REFLECTIONS (learnings and actions): Unplugging...from your work, workouts, and routine is necessary to perform at a high level.
If you are not scheduling periodic times to unplug, you need to start.
I will tell you it is where some of my greatest insights have come from and no different this time around as I have some to share with you.
Again, if you are not doing it start! Don't take my word for it as other high performing individuals agree. Checkout the book Anti-Fragile about the benefits of breaking from routine.
Now, you might be asking how many insights I had as I put X in the headline today.
It was not a typo and going to tell you straight away that it actually comes down to ONE major insight.
To be clear, I did not just read one book or listen to one piece of media, but this ONE thread kept surfacing through all of it.
On the surface all those different books, articles, and videos would seem quite different, but in the end they connected to this ONE idea.
It is like the Lord of the Rings, where the 3 rings were for the elves, 7 for the dwarves, and 9 for men...but all ruled by the ONE.
Well, what is the ONE piece of advice?
Leonardo da Vinci said it best when "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
Now, if you did not know Da Vinci was not only a great painter and sculptor, but also an inventor, architect, scientist, writer, paleontologist...
The man was a brilliant mind and he used this quote to succeed in so many areas.
Today I am going to share with you how his quote can lead you to performing better, producing more, and achieving your greatest goals.
Now let me ask you, have you ever been caught in the details to the point you do not take action? Thus stalling your progress.
(I am raising my hand)
This lesson came up in my life a couple of weeks past when I was having a conversation with someone about their health.
We have been talking about their health for the past 6 months together off and on and the conversation usually went something like this.
(friend) How did you get the results you did in 40 days?
I want that, can you tell me?
(me) Sure.
Then my friend would proceed to ask...
What about carbs?
What about fats?
What about macros?
What about Keto?
What about...
Literally the conversation would encompass every tag word in the health industry.
And it is not their fault actually as that is what the health industry is paying a lot of money for you to think about.
The conversation gets to a point where finally I ask, do you really want to know?
They say yes and then I tell them to focus on 4 simple things.
Just focus on these 4 things and you will see an improvement.
Yet...
Without fail they will bring up something they read from a popular magazine or something they heard from a friend.
And I shake my head at this point because I know they are getting lost in the details.
Now, here in lies something about the amazing brain we have on top of our shoulders.
Did you know your brain is the best search mechanism on the planet.
Better than the most advanced rocket interception systems.
Now because of that, it will naturally look at ALL the different angles and possibilities to find a solution to what you ask it.
However, this does not serve you when you are presented with a simple solution to a question you want to know an answer to.
You tell yourself it can not be that simple, can it?
Now this goes back to Leo, and his quote for today.
Simple is the ultimate sophistication.
I have learned mastering the basics, the foundational, and simple is the key to major progress.
Simple seems simple, yet it is so powerful.
Now here is the thing, even though something is simple it takes work to get your thinking to this point.
Steve Jobs believed the same thing (that is why I chose his quote for today).
That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
Powerful with a capital P.
Work towards mastering the simple and you can move mountains!
100% agree.
What is that you want?
How do you achieve it?
Identify the basics, the simple and master it!
Delay no More...J
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