Decomplication: How to Find Simple Solutions to Hard Problems - Nat Eliason
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The problems we think are hard and complex (fitness, productivity, sleep, work, etc.) are secretly simple. But only once we decomplicate them.
Decomplication: How to Find Simple Solutions to “Hard” Problems August 2, 2016 This article is long and will make you think. I recommend saving it to pocket and reading it in a comfy chair with a cup of earl grey tea. How do you lose weight? If we were to plug that question into Google, we’d be barraged by millions of pages explaining tactics for weight loss. Foods to eat, foods to avoid, when to eat, how to eat, what speed to eat at, where to eat, who to eat with, what kind of utensils to use, what pills to take, what exercise to do, what procedures to do, what plans to follow, what coaches t
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