Simple scale, complex fails.
Has a catchy ring to it, right.
And, a whole lotta truth.
Here’s how I know.
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As a person, I am naturally someone that tends to overcomplicate things.Â
Give me a task to complete, and I will somehow singlehandedly find the most complex, convoluted way of completing it.Â
Back in my corporate days, I worked as a Marketing Manager.Â
Working closely alongside me was our PR Manager – who was the exact vision of what you would expect a PR Manager to be.Â
Vibrant, sociable, vivacious.
And, light on detail.Â
Whenever we were given a project to work on, she and I would approach things so very differently.Â
I always admired her approach:Â
Pick up the phone, get it done, smiling all the way.Â
Meanwhile? I would sit at my desk for hours upon hours, writing up complex plans and generally just overcomplicating things.Â
Of course, both were strengths in a way – and our very different approaches complimented each other.Â
When I started my business, though?Â
I noticed myself taking that same tendency to complicate things into it.Â
And, let me tell you:Â
THAT did not serve me well – until, it did.Â
In many ways, it was my tendency to overcomplicate things that resulted in the business I have today.
I have spent many years learning the art of simplicity.Â
As a result?Â
I create online courses sharing the same simple strategies I created for MYSELF to eliminate my tendency to overcomplicate.Â
Of course, old habits die hard, and the truth is?
That still every day I have FIGHT MYSELF not to overcomplicate my business.Â
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