This book is filled with simple and cliche quotes and we tend to ignore this guidance because it seems too easy to follow. But why do we want to make our lives more challenging then they have to be? Most of the time a simple approach is the best approach. It might not be easy or comfortable like getting on the phone calling 50 people a day to set up appointments, but most of the time, that is required to make progress in your life. Maybe a good ratio is to spend 80% of your time doing the simple or cliche and 20% of your time focused on the next big thing. This will ensure that you're doing enough to stay in business or get that promotion but also give you an opportunity to get slingshot into a very prestigious position.

We have to do many things as a person and if we work on the few right things then we can live an easy life. To find out what are the right things to work on, just look at simple or cliche solutions and just do them.

Journal Prompts

1. What are the simple or cliche things that you should be doing more of?
2. How do you know what is the right balance between creating new things and doing things that are simple or cliche?