5 Terrific Tactics to Conquer Complexity in Your Life
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Life is complicated. There are too many choices, and we're expected to keep doing something or the other constantly. It's exhausting.
How can we avoid straining ourselves more than necessary to get the job done, handle issues, and make good decisions? We need a potion for it! Well, here it is, as a mixture of my five helpers below. In the spirit of this post about simplicity, I have not belaboured each, making it one of my shortest articles. But you're intelligent and will get them, and brevity is good for recall, anyway. You can also memorise the mnemonic FWTPS to remember the 'five wily tips'.
#1. Filter out the noise
Tactic: Cut the bloat! If there is one thing you must do, apply every relevant filter. It seems obvious, but before I got good at this, I wasted a criminal amount of time getting to the right choice. Of course, you must be clear about what you want and ruthlessly stop wandering, and filters will be superbly effective.
For example, when booking a hotel room for a holiday, if you want a 5-star, one-bedroom room with review ratings above 4, close to the trains, attractions, and food joints, and in a specific price range, put all these filters. You will cut down the choices…
