3-2-1: New paths, the danger of complexity, and making fast decisions

Happy 3-2-1 Thursday!

Here are 3 ideas, 2 quotes, and 1 question to consider this week.

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"Simple is nearly always better. But if it's going to be complicated, then make sure the problem is worth the complexity. A great deal of time is wasted creating complex solutions to relatively unimportant problems."

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"Many situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking.

You don't need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started."

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III.

A simple reminder from Atomic Habits:

"Time will multiply whatever you feed it. Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy."

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Singer and songwriter, Aretha Franklin, on seeing people as more than just their worst moment:

"You cannot define a person on just one thing. You can’t just forget all these wonderful and good things that a person has done because one thing didn’t come off the way you thought it should come off."

Source: Aretha: Star’s Legacy Lives, Detroit Free Press (February 18, 2012)

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Computer programmer Ward Cunningham on the importance of making fast, reversible decisions:

"I can't tell you how much time is spent worrying about decisions that don't matter. To just be able to make a decision and see what happens is tremendously empowering, but that means you have to set up the situation such that when something does go wrong, you can fix it."

Source: Collective Ownership of Code and Text​

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Until next week,

James Clear
​Author of the #1 worldwide bestseller, Atomic Habits​
Creator of the Habit Journal​

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