Today is part 2 of 4 in my series on the core values, or compass points, that Simple Prospering orients as its True North, and values that I think can be mighty helpful for all businesses.

I talked about value 1, make progress, in the last two week’s episodes. Today we are talking about value #2: how to keep it simple!

Simple is in the name of my business, so obviously it's important to me, but “keep it simple” is often thrown around like trite advice and it’s easier said than done when you are in business for yourself.

In this episode I focus on 2 common barriers I see to effective simplicity in one’s work. Really I am sacrificing 2 sacred cows in this week’s episode:

Barrier number one/aka Sacred Cow number one (especially in service-based businesses): Workism and The Passion Principle.

Barrier number two/aka Sacred Cow number two (for nearly all entrepreneurs) Frankensteining your offerings until you’ve created, you guessed it. a monster.

SHOW NOTES

Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, Workism is Making Americans Miserable https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/

Erin Cech, book, The Trouble With Passion: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520303232/the-trouble-with-passion

Kelly Diels: https://www.kellydiels.com/