Nicolas Cole argues that complexity kills speed. Whether you're writing, running a team, or building a business, every extra layer creates friction. Strip your process to essentials: pick your output, identify the daily actions that matter, cut everything else.
Rule number six, simplicity is velocity. So this is just a truism in life, but business in general, the simpler something is, the faster it can move. The more complex something is, the more friction, the slower it. So whatever your goal is, doesn't matter. If you work for yourself solopreneur, you have a business entrepreneur, you employ other people, it really doesn't matter. The entire game is all about making things as simple as possible. You could distill that down to if you just want to be a writer, well, what do you want to write? Okay, so pick. I want to write a newsletter. I want to write a book. What is the simplest path to you doing that thing consistently every single day, no matter what? And what you're looking for are all of the little things, all the little complexities that get in the way of that simplicity. Because the simpler something is, the faster it can move. So whenever I'm working on something or I'm building some new writing business, I'm always asking myself, what is the simplest version of the thing that I'm trying to do? And how can I be ruthless in removing things that create friction? Because friction is complexity, and complexity slows things down.
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