Simplicity

Ancient Chinese philosophy

“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, subtract things every day.”

Simplicity just might be the key.

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The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything by Matthew May

“The world is more overwhelming than ever before. Our work is deeper and more demanding than ever. Our businesses are more complicated and difficult to manage than ever. Our economy is more uncertain than ever. Our resources are scarcer than ever. There is endless choice and feature overkill in all but the best experiences. Everybody knows everything about us. The simple life is a thing of the past. Everywhere, there's too much of the wrong stuff and not enough of the right. The noise is deafening, the signal weak. Everything is too complicated and time-sucking.”

“Welcome to the age of excess everything. Success in this new age looks different and demands a new skill: Subtraction.”

“Subtraction is defined simply as the art of removing anything excessive, confusing, wasteful, unnatural, hazardous, hard to use, or ugly . . . or the discipline to refrain from adding it in the first place. And if subtraction is the new skill to be acquired, we need a guide to developing it.”

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I wonder what other wise words this book has to share.  Have you read it?  If so what did you learn?