Remem­ber the old acronym K.I.S.S., or “Keep it Sim­ple, Stu­pid”? This say­ing still makes a lot of sense today.

Busi­ness can be com­plex, and that com­plex­ity only seems to be increas­ing. Local, state, and fed­eral reg­u­la­tions cre­ate chal­lenges. We are bom­barded with media, social media, and an over­abun­dance of con­sumer research. Finan­cial require­ments, legal advice, ven­dor agree­ments, tax laws….all of these crowd our minds and demand our time.

If you are man­ag­ing and lead­ing peo­ple, the increas­ing degree of dif­fi­culty in get­ting the real work done can be over­whelm­ing. This is when it is nec­es­sary to step back, take a breath, and deter­mine the sim­plest solution.

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