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Focus and simplicity are worth the work: simple can be harder than complex, because the thinking has to be got clean, but once there one can move mountains.

Drawn from what Steve Jobs said

What these subjects mean

ambition How much to take on and how hard to push: superlinear returns to effort, focus, slack time, and procrastination.

simplicity Less, but better: reduction as the way to make something good, and the argument about when it goes too far.

Less, but better

Which mental models should a designer think with?under our view: Less, but better: the work is finding the essence and cutting the rest Why is it harder to simplify than to add?under our view: Simple is hard: it takes more thought and time than complex, and complex is rewarded more

What Steve Jobs actually said

  1. Steve Jobs American entrepreneur (1955 to 2011)
    Everything just got simpler. That's been one of my mantras -- focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.

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