Living in a Complex World

"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify!" - Henry David Thoreau

We live in a complex world. Through understanding that truth, it's crucial for us to understand how to simplify our mindset when complex problems arise. For a lot of us, when problems arise, we go into a state of paralysis. We freeze. We freak out. We don't know how to even begin. This is where simplifying your mindset can help your approach towards the problems.

Now, when I'm talking about simplifying your mindset I don't mean avoiding the complexities of the world. There are real, complex problems that our society faces every single day! Simplifying your mindset does not mean that you avoid those problems. Rather you are changing your mindset to simplify those problems so that you are able to have better solutions.

It's essentially approaching problems with a mindset of "I don't really have an answer to this, but I'm going to approach this with a mindset that's ready to learn and grow through this so that eventually I might have the answer."

There are two questions that you need to ask yourself in regards to simplifying your mindset:

1. How do you need to adapt?

2. What different approach do you need to take?

That's what simplifying your mindset is about. Because at the end of the day, you will not have all of the answers to everything. But simplifying your approach to problems will help you push forward towards potential solutions so that you can attack anything with clarity!

Coach T