Timothy Here,
The simplest moves are the best…Napoleon Bonaparte
To be Simple is to be Great…Ralph Waldo Emerson
The more clear and concise your plans are, the easier it is to implement and the less that can go wrong the way. In fact, the phrase “keep it simple and stupid!” has now worked its way into virtually every aspect of our life. Usually, such a phrase would have been expected to come from a corporate executive, a football coach, a software developer, a political consultant. However, it was from none of them but from an Israeli general. To be precise, he used it during an interview about the reasons for his recent victory when all odds were against him. Precisely, when Egypt, Syria and Jordan joined forces to fight Israel for the purpose of liberating Palestine.
Keep your goals or plans simple is very important and vital for success. You can also see the importance of keeping it simple in the coaching of sport teams. I was amazed to hear about biography of every successful coach in every single sport that each and every one of them seemed to emphasize a single feature. They believe in complicated plays, focusing not fancy. But, they still believe in the simple fundamentals which is why they practice them over and over again.
Now, the question is what step or let me say what steps do you need to take and ensure that your aims and objectives are really simple. Now, the secret of keeping your goals simple can be summarized into 4 simple actions.
- Start by Minimizing major actions: The less complicated your overall plan, the better its chance of success.
- Develop a simple organizational relationship: try to figure out the best structure for your strategy.
- Simplify your directives and orders: if your directives cannot be understood, then won’t be executed properly.
- Avoid complex actions and Solutions: In every area of competition-warfare, politics, sports, business, etc- success goes to the leaders who find simple solutions to complex problems.
Hence, you should always strive things simple by following the above four steps, you will be pleased with the results.
Dedicated To Your Exam Success,
Tim Jibodu ACA, ACTI