Nicolas Cole argues that simplicity equals speed for writers. Pick one clear goal like a newsletter or book, then strip away every friction point that slows you down. Each small complexity you remove lets you produce more work every day.
Simplicity is velocity. The simpler something is, the faster it can move. So whatever your goal is, 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? 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. How can I be ruthless in removing things that create friction, because friction is complexity, and complexity slows things down.
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