The subtle value of simplicity most people miss.

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Brian Kight

People expect simple things to be easier. It's more than confusing the meaning of the words "simple" and "easy" (which I wrote about here last week).

The human mind has an embedded expectation that simple things should be easier. People get disappointed and discouraged when they experience difficulty with simple things. It turns into self-judgment, which only intensifies the guilt.

But simplicity was never supposed to be easier. Simplicity pushes you into what is difficult, mainly what is difficult for you that you tend to avoid.

Ironically, the hidden value of simplicity is the very reason most people reject it.

Simplicity forces you to do the difficult actions required to earn what you want. There's nothing left to theorize, imagine, or debate. No excuses. No delay. Nowhere to hide.

When it's simple, there's nothing left but to do it. Not researching how to do it. Not thinking about doing it. Not preparing to do. When it's simple, you must act.

You must leave the protection of your mind and enter the reality of the experience. Simple actions with real consequences that give you direct feedback.

Do or don't. Advance or retreat. Good enough or not. Succeed or fail.

Simplicity removes complexity and confusion and brings you face-to-face with difficulty. It forces you to deal with difficulty or back down from it.

That's the subtle value of simplicity, hiding in plain sight.

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