“Don’t make the process harder than it is.”
Jack Welch
Simple is hard. It’s much easier to write a bunch of stuff or create a bunch of process and system work and lose sight of what actually needs to be done. Of course, one can also take away too much and lose the nuance and impact. Sir Joshua Reynolds once said, “Simplicity is an exact medium between too little and too much.”
Sometimes, it can take a lot of work to get started, and it is easy to overcomplicate and confuse the desirable with the essential. In cases like this, this question clarifies, “What is the most critical NEXT STEP I can take RIGHT NOW to advance down the path? Often, this is all it takes to define what is most important.
