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		<title>By: Sprezzatura &#171; appSolution : blog</title>
		<link>http://www.ratracetrap.com/the-rat-race-trap/simple-genius.html/comment-page-1#comment-13883</link>
		<dc:creator>Sprezzatura &#171; appSolution : blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] quote can be found in many places, but a blog post at The Rat Race not only begins with this quote, but is also very interesting in and of itself. . [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Stephen Mills</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stephen Mills</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Oscar, when I first ran across the idea of doing less to achieve more I thought it was mumbo jumbo crap.  But, it works and it makes sense when you understand it.

@Trey, I love your line - &quot;Thus comes the important part… liberating people from the established lines of thinking.&quot;  Thanks!

@Giovanna, thanks for stopping in and commenting.  

@Vin software engineers (at least some of them) are the one group that seems to get the concept of simple equals elegant.  Thanks for your support.

@Jonathan, thanks for your comments.  Leo Babauta is the one who is responsible for converting my thinking.  I think his book and blog are fabulous.  I wish he would author more of his own articles though.

@Dragos, I love it!  &quot;Doing things is so overrated :-) Just living is so underrated :-)&quot;

@Steve, I loved that book too.  Although I think it is impractical to claim a 4-hour work week, it does have a lot of great ideas.  Thanks for your support!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Oscar, when I first ran across the idea of doing less to achieve more I thought it was mumbo jumbo crap.  But, it works and it makes sense when you understand it.</p>
<p>@Trey, I love your line &#8211; &#8220;Thus comes the important part… liberating people from the established lines of thinking.&#8221;  Thanks!</p>
<p>@Giovanna, thanks for stopping in and commenting.  </p>
<p>@Vin software engineers (at least some of them) are the one group that seems to get the concept of simple equals elegant.  Thanks for your support.</p>
<p>@Jonathan, thanks for your comments.  Leo Babauta is the one who is responsible for converting my thinking.  I think his book and blog are fabulous.  I wish he would author more of his own articles though.</p>
<p>@Dragos, I love it!  &#8220;Doing things is so overrated <img src='http://www.ratracetrap.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Just living is so underrated <img src='http://www.ratracetrap.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> &#8221;</p>
<p>@Steve, I loved that book too.  Although I think it is impractical to claim a 4-hour work week, it does have a lot of great ideas.  Thanks for your support!</p>
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		<title>By: Steve</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One of the best books I read for suggestions on simplifying life was the 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris.  I have also enjoyed reading Zen Habits blog for practical tips and solutions to cut through the noise and complexity of living in 2000 and beyond.
.-= Steve&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/SuccessFactors/~3/za1A7InOEb0/do-you-need-to-stop-moving-sideways.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Do You Need to Stop Moving Sideways?&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the best books I read for suggestions on simplifying life was the 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris.  I have also enjoyed reading Zen Habits blog for practical tips and solutions to cut through the noise and complexity of living in 2000 and beyond.<br />
.-= Steve&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/SuccessFactors/~3/za1A7InOEb0/do-you-need-to-stop-moving-sideways.html" rel="nofollow">Do You Need to Stop Moving Sideways?</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Dragos Roua</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dragos Roua</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Simple is difficult, complicated is easy. Doing something complicated involves a shallow approach: we don&#039;t really see the problem and we go with the simplest and easiest move we can recall. But what we recall will not always fit the current solution because, well, life&#039;s different each time. So, we try to apply solutions that once worked to problems that are continuously different.

Happens to me every time and the solution I found is to break all the situations into Assess - Decide - Do realms. Realized that I rarely need to get out of Assess if I do it right. Responding to every stimulus in your environment is not a sign of productivity and excessive availability will drain your energy. Doing things is so overrated :-) Just living is so underrated :-)
.-= Dragos Roua&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edragonu-TheChoiceOfAPersonalPath/~3/6kTOdKKGbKQ/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;System Overload&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Simple is difficult, complicated is easy. Doing something complicated involves a shallow approach: we don&#8217;t really see the problem and we go with the simplest and easiest move we can recall. But what we recall will not always fit the current solution because, well, life&#8217;s different each time. So, we try to apply solutions that once worked to problems that are continuously different.</p>
<p>Happens to me every time and the solution I found is to break all the situations into Assess &#8211; Decide &#8211; Do realms. Realized that I rarely need to get out of Assess if I do it right. Responding to every stimulus in your environment is not a sign of productivity and excessive availability will drain your energy. Doing things is so overrated <img src='http://www.ratracetrap.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Just living is so underrated <img src='http://www.ratracetrap.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
.-= Dragos Roua&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edragonu-TheChoiceOfAPersonalPath/~3/6kTOdKKGbKQ/" rel="nofollow">System Overload</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Stephen, this is so on the mark. The simpler we make it the more efficient we become. The more complex we make things the less we enjoy them. I think there is a movement gaining energy for less complexity. Leo&#039;s (from zenhabits) book: &quot;The power of Less&quot; is a good example. I love simple and this article really resonated.
.-= Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/the-relationship-between-success-and-failure/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Relationship Between Success and Failure&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stephen, this is so on the mark. The simpler we make it the more efficient we become. The more complex we make things the less we enjoy them. I think there is a movement gaining energy for less complexity. Leo&#8217;s (from zenhabits) book: &#8220;The power of Less&#8221; is a good example. I love simple and this article really resonated.<br />
.-= Jonathan &#8211; Advanced Life Skills&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://advancedlifeskills.com/blog/the-relationship-between-success-and-failure/" rel="nofollow">The Relationship Between Success and Failure</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Vin - NaturalBias</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vin - NaturalBias</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In my 11 years as a software engineer, one of the things I&#039;ve enjoyed most is finding simple programming solutions to complicated scenarios. 

Of course, I like applying this to life as well, especially health. For example, supplements are useful, but too many people try to use them to cover their need for all the various nutrients we need. Aside from being a headache to do such a thing, there&#039;s probably many essential nutrients that we haven&#039;t even discovered yet. A much more simple solution is to simply eat the natural whole foods that dictated our nutrient needs through evolution.

In regard to complicating things by trying to decide where to eat, I&#039;m glad we don&#039;t eat out much anymore because it used to take my wife and I forever to pick a place. :)
.-= Vin - NaturalBias&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NaturalBias/~3/xtwK9qMrFJw/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Chewing Your Way to Better Health&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In my 11 years as a software engineer, one of the things I&#8217;ve enjoyed most is finding simple programming solutions to complicated scenarios. </p>
<p>Of course, I like applying this to life as well, especially health. For example, supplements are useful, but too many people try to use them to cover their need for all the various nutrients we need. Aside from being a headache to do such a thing, there&#8217;s probably many essential nutrients that we haven&#8217;t even discovered yet. A much more simple solution is to simply eat the natural whole foods that dictated our nutrient needs through evolution.</p>
<p>In regard to complicating things by trying to decide where to eat, I&#8217;m glad we don&#8217;t eat out much anymore because it used to take my wife and I forever to pick a place. <img src='http://www.ratracetrap.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
.-= Vin &#8211; NaturalBias&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NaturalBias/~3/xtwK9qMrFJw/" rel="nofollow">Chewing Your Way to Better Health</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Giovanna Garcia</title>
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		<dc:creator>Giovanna Garcia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Life is very simple, if we let it! Most time people are the one that makes life so complicated.

Thanks for the wisdom.
Giovanna Garcia
Imperfect Action is better than No Action
.-= Giovanna Garcia&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ImperfectAction/~3/vQ_EiaUBHds/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;A Mule with the winning attitude.&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Life is very simple, if we let it! Most time people are the one that makes life so complicated.</p>
<p>Thanks for the wisdom.<br />
Giovanna Garcia<br />
Imperfect Action is better than No Action<br />
.-= Giovanna Garcia&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ImperfectAction/~3/vQ_EiaUBHds/" rel="nofollow">A Mule with the winning attitude.</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Trey - Swollen Thumb Entertainment</title>
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		<dc:creator>Trey - Swollen Thumb Entertainment</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Stephen.  I&#039;ve come to believe that this is a generational thing.  This is one of those beliefs that goes in cycles.  One generation will see the previous generation run around like headless chickens and conclude that they are overexerting themselves, and decide to live a more simple life.  This leads to clarity and right brain dominated thinking, which ushers in an era of ideas.  (We&#039;re moving into an era like this right now)

However, the next generation will conclude that if we can accomplish this much with single-tasking, then by multi-tasking, we can accomplish much more, and thus we move into an era of left brain dominated production.

I&#039;m of the opinion that neither viewpoint is right or wrong.  I believe that theres a balance in the universe, and that we should all embrace the conditions in which we are most productive.  The problem comes into play when people don&#039;t know how to be productive because they only know what other people have told them.  

Thus comes the important part... liberating people from the prison of the established line of thinking.
.-= Trey - Swollen Thumb Entertainment&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.swollenthumb.com/2009/06/the-star-wars-kid-is-a-crybaby/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Star Wars Kid Is A Crybaby&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Stephen.  I&#8217;ve come to believe that this is a generational thing.  This is one of those beliefs that goes in cycles.  One generation will see the previous generation run around like headless chickens and conclude that they are overexerting themselves, and decide to live a more simple life.  This leads to clarity and right brain dominated thinking, which ushers in an era of ideas.  (We&#8217;re moving into an era like this right now)</p>
<p>However, the next generation will conclude that if we can accomplish this much with single-tasking, then by multi-tasking, we can accomplish much more, and thus we move into an era of left brain dominated production.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m of the opinion that neither viewpoint is right or wrong.  I believe that theres a balance in the universe, and that we should all embrace the conditions in which we are most productive.  The problem comes into play when people don&#8217;t know how to be productive because they only know what other people have told them.  </p>
<p>Thus comes the important part&#8230; liberating people from the prison of the established line of thinking.<br />
.-= Trey &#8211; Swollen Thumb Entertainment&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://www.swollenthumb.com/2009/06/the-star-wars-kid-is-a-crybaby/" rel="nofollow">The Star Wars Kid Is A Crybaby</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Oscar - freestyle mind</title>
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		<dc:creator>Oscar - freestyle mind</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One of my favorites quotes states that we should less everyday... to achieve more! Great post.
.-= Oscar - freestyle mind&#180;s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FreestyleMind/~3/7O2tnRBxnfE/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Habit #2 – How to read one book per week&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of my favorites quotes states that we should less everyday&#8230; to achieve more! Great post.<br />
.-= Oscar &#8211; freestyle mind&#180;s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FreestyleMind/~3/7O2tnRBxnfE/" rel="nofollow">Habit #2 – How to read one book per week</a> =-.</p>
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