S2E206 How to Simplify Your Life
It's a Good Life
Brian Buffini
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Today’s world can often feel cluttered, complicated and chaotic. With so many distractions and demands to contend with, it’s easy to get stressed and overwhelmed. In this episode, Brian shares how to identify and prioritize what really matters to you so that you can simplify and live the good life.
YOU WILL LEARN:
· The symptoms of a complicated life.
· Why simplicity matters.
· The KISS method.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
S2E158 How to be a Goal Getter
“Don't Sweat the Small Stuff,” by Richard Carlson
NOTEWORTHY QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated; it’s hard to keep things simple.” – Richard Branson
“It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” – Henry David Thoreau
“When things are simpler, it creates that sense of contentment. You have more time for yourself and others; you live by what you value.” – Brian Buffini
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” – Warren Buffet
“Keep the closet clean, keep the mind clean, keep the desk clean. This is how you simplify your life.” – Brian Buffini
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to It's a Good Life, the Podcast for Entrepreneurs, where it's all about growing |
| 0:07.7 | yourself and your business. |
| 0:09.7 | Here's your host, founder of America's largest business coaching company, Brian the Feeney. |
| 0:17.0 | Well, the top of the morning to you and welcome to today's episode, |
| 0:20.0 | how you can simplify your life. |
| 0:22.0 | Our world often seems far from simple and |
| 0:25.1 | actually it feels extremely cluttered, complicated and chaotic. There's so many |
| 0:29.9 | distractions and demands on our time that we get stressed and overwhelmed and will lose sight of what really matters. |
| 0:36.0 | The solution is actually hiding in plain sight. |
| 0:40.0 | If you're drowning in complexity, you need to get back to the basics and simplify. |
| 0:45.1 | I've been doing a lot of simplifying recently, both personally and professionally. |
| 0:49.6 | I've got extraordinary demands of my time, so I've become somewhat zealous about cutting out that which |
| 0:54.8 | doesn't matter to me and focusing on what does. Otherwise everything gets out of whack. |
| 1:00.0 | These past couple of years, after a bad health diagnosis and the death of some close family |
| 1:04.8 | members, I've been even more determined to keep it simple in every aspect of my life. |
| 1:10.1 | My bride and I start to spend as much time as we can in our home and away, |
| 1:13.8 | where life is extremely simple and pretty much regulated by the tide. In Buffco, |
| 1:19.6 | we've worked very hard to get to simple with our customers, so our customers can focus on what really matters to them. |
| 1:26.0 | We just launched our Do It Now campaign last year and it's been crucial to giving folks a simple path to follow and the results have been very significant. |
| 1:36.5 | Richard Branson said complexity is your enemy. |
| 1:38.9 | Any fool can make something complicated. |
| 1:41.3 | It's hard to make things simple. You see, simplicity isn't just about |
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