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12 concepts for simplicity

The search for simplicity in life and work heightens after a good holiday break and at the beginning of each new year. Free of clutter, our minds thirst for what is important. Complexity is not the enemy. It often has a reason for being. The very best cheeses (French) and wines (Australian) I had during my holiday break were complex! Popular magazine articles on simplicity get it wrong year after year. Their to do lists fail to give due recognition to the justification for complexity. I like the 80-20 rule (ip/the-long-beard-and-the-long-tail.html) as explained in the Richard Koch book on the subject. Doing the important 20% is not about simply throwing out the other 80%.

Full post as published by Lightbulb IP blog on January 06, 2009 (boomark / email).