Keeping Things Simple at Work

Business does not need to be complicated at all.place. I like to refer to the 80/20 rule here. About 20%
Keeping things simple is one of the more importantof your income and progress is from the stuff you're
factors when running a business of any kind. keep indoing most of the time. But the other 80% is the things
mind what's the goal, and take consistent andthat you're hardly doing (because you're so busy with
measurable steps toward achieving it. Simple.the other stuff that's not making you money!).
It's often asserted that so long as everyone hasHere's a hint. Ditch the other 80%. Yep, literally ditch it.
access to the same information they will most likelyYou might take a loss on some of your business but in
come up with the same solution. This is true in businessa short time you'll find that you've got so much free
too. Therefore freedom of communication is one oftime to spend on the profitable part of your life that
the biggest keys to having productive environments.you're literally blitzing it!
Simple.So spend more time on the important tasks. Simplify
Have the confidence to do the essential tasks everythe workplace and do what you need to do. Nothing
day. It's often the case that when you do the mostmore, nothing less. And get rid of what's not working.
important things, the other parts just seem to fall intoJust ignore it and I promise, it WILL just go away.