Hold That Thought

This week I've been thinking about keeping it simple. Here are three things on that theme to turn mental energy into meaningful action:

1. Keeping it simple is often about knowing what kind of problem you're solving; a great list from Clearer Thinking: asbestos is a sleeping dog​
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2. An older one from me, but perhaps worth revisiting as we continue through this season: different ways of doing less​
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3. “Less mental clutter means more mental resources available for deep thinking.” — Cal Newport, professor of computer science and author of Deep Work: here's an excerpt​

For this week's underthinking link, here's a neat random word generator​

Extra thoughts…

Today is my first day back from a mini UK roadtrip. It was a much needed little break and I've returned a bit clearer on things. There will be time in the weeks and months ahead to share more.

Enough for now,
Kim

PS. If you missed it last week, here's early access to my FREE Vision Statement mini-course​

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Hello! I'm Kim and I’ve spent over four decades overthinking absolutely everything. Here's how I made sense of it all.