31. Simplify or Die

Why do we struggle so much with simplifying our business and personal lives? On this episode, Eric Forney and Michael Bounds discuss how important it is to simplify all areas of our life, and why it can be so hard to do so. They talk about how trying to use your brain as a filing system just leads to anxiety, and better ways to keep track of everything you need to do. They share their experiences in creating processes for their teams to follow, and how they realized that the more complex the process, the harder it is to enforce, and it ends up costing time and money to accomplish it. They talk about Warren Buffets 5-25 rule and how it applies to simplifying your life, and how McDonald's became as big as they are by perfecting a very simple, basic menu.