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“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
– Leonardo Da Vinci
– Leonardo Da Vinci
Life is actually pretty simple, but we insist on making it
complicated. Here are a few easy ways to uncomplicate it:
1. Learn
from the past, and then get the heck out of there! – Past mistakes should teach you to create a wonderful future;
not cause you to be afraid of it. Don’t carry your mistakes around with
you. Instead, place them under your feet and use them as stepping
stones. Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s
bad, it’s experience. Success is not about where you are standing at any
given point in time; it’s about how much you’ve learned and how far you’ve come
to get there.
2. Focus on
what’s truly important. –
Identify what’s most important to you. Eliminate as much as you possibly
can of everything else. No wasted time, no fluff, no regrets.
3. Focus on
being productive, not being busy. – Don’t just get things done; get the right things done.
Results are always more important than the time it takes to achieve them.
Stop and ask yourself if what you’re working on is worth the effort. Is
it bringing you in the same direction as your goals? Don’t get caught up
in odd jobs, even those that seem urgent, unless they are also important. Read The 4-Hour Workweek.
4. Give what
you want to receive. – You get the best out of
others, and every situation, when you give the best of yourself. Start
practicing the golden rule. If you want love, give love.
If you want friends, be friendly. If you want money, provide value.
It works. It really is this simple.
5. Stop
trying to be everything to everyone. – Don’t try to be friends with everyone. Cultivate closer
relationships with fewer people. Start focusing on being everything to
someone. Helping or pleasing everyone is impossible. But making one
person smile can change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their
world. So narrow your focus and be yourself.
6. Do what
you know in your heart is right. – Stop doing immoral things simply because you can. Start
being honest with yourself and everyone else. Don’t cheat. Be
faithful. Be kind. Do the right thing! It is a less
complicated way to live. Integrity is the essence of everything
successful. When you break the rules of integrity you invite serious
complications into your life. Keep
life simple and
enjoyable by doing what you know in your heart is right.
7. Organize
your space. – Start clearing
clutter. Get rid of stuff you don’t use and then organize what’s
left. Keeping both your living and working areas organized is
crucial. If you have a cluttered space, it can be distracting and
stressful. A clear space is like a blank canvas, available to be used to
create something great.
8. Be
efficient. – Stop being inefficient
simply because you’ve always done it that way. If you keep doing what
you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting. Many times we live
with unplanned, complex systems in our lives simply because we haven’t given
them much thought. Instead, streamline your life by finding better ways
of handling common tasks. Focus on one system at a time (your cleaning
system, your errands system, your paperwork system, your email system, etc.)
and try to make it simplified, efficient, and logical. Then, once you
have it perfected, stick to it. Read Getting Things Done.
9. Let
things be less than perfect. – Smile every chance you
get; not because life has been easy, perfect, or exactly as you had
anticipated, but because you choose to be happy and grateful for all the good
things you do have, and all the problems you know you don’t have. You
must accept the fact that life is not perfect, that people are not perfect, and
that you are not perfect. And that’s okay, because the real world doesn’t
reward perfection. It rewards people who get GOOD things done. And
the only way to get GOOD things done is to be imperfect 99% of the time.
10. Let go of
needless drama and those who create it. – Never create unnecessary drama, and don’t surround yourself
with those who do. Choose
friends who you are
proud to know, people you admire, who love and respect you – people who make
your day a little brighter simply by being in it. Don’t walk away from
negative people, RUN! Life is too short to spend time with people who
suck the happiness out of you.
11. Forget
what everyone else thinks and wants for you. – One of the greatest freedoms is simply not caring what
everyone else thinks of you. Sometimes you need to step outside, get some
air, and remind yourself of who you are and what you want to be. The best
thing you can do is follow your heart. Take risks. Don’t just
accept the safe and easy choices because you’re afraid of what others will
think, or afraid of what might happen. If you do, nothing will ever
happen. Don’t let small minds convince you that your dreams are too
big. They aren’t.
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