Ten Tips to Simplify Your Life in a Complex World

Ten Tips to Simplify Your Life in a Complex World

 

As I’m sure you all know, life seems to be getting more and more complicated.  Between running a business, kids, trying to stay fit, aging parents, looking after the house and trying to save a bit of money along the way, it’s not an easy battle!  Many entrepreneurs think about the idea of creating a “simpler life”, but most are not even sure where to begin.

 

I think these days, many entrepreneurs feel trapped.  Money is tight, work hours are long and free time seems to have disappeared.  Important decisions are made on sudden impulses (houses, renovations, cars, cottages, vacations) with the end result of higher stress levels when the bills arrive in the mail.  People then work hard to pay these off for the next few months or years, and then the cycle begins again.  Life feels like a treadmill, with no significant progress.

 

In the end, I think entrepreneurs really want to simplify their lives.  They’re just not sure where to start.  To help people with a starting point, we developed the below list:

 

Ten Tips to Simplify Your Life in a Complex World

 

1.       Success in life is about progress not perfection, understand the difference.

 

2.       Eliminate clutter, both physical and emotional.

 

3.       Learn how to take care of yourself and say no!

 

4.       Understand your strengths and focus energy towards them.

 

5.       To be most productive, work less and take more time off.

 

6.       Invest time in relationships.

 

7.       Move to the front of the line and pay yourself first.

 

8.       Educate yourself on the power of time, compound interest and impact of taxes.

 

9.       Sleep better at night by insuring risks to protect your family and business.

 

10.   Develop a Simple Life Vision, determine your goals and continuously refocus.

 

In future articles we look forward to expanding on these points individually.  In the meantime, we encourage you to educate yourself on these concepts and use them in your daily life.  We also offer our Simple Life Vision Session.  This is a free, 90 minute, one-on-one session where we help you come up with your own Simple Life Vision and a starting point for an action plan to achieve it.  Please feel free to visit our website for any further information.  www.simpleplanprogram.com

 

We appreciate your interest and hope this information was of value to you.  Have a fantastic day and always remember to keep things simple!

 

BIO

Mark Landers is the creator of The Simple Plan Program and has been helping entrepreneurs simplify their lives for over 10 years.