Why Keeping it Simple is Difficult, but Necessary for Success

The late great Steve Jobs knew simplicity. It's one of the core components as to how he became successful with Apple. He was able to be an effective liaison between the customer and technologist. Keeping it simple is not so easy for me, even in my web design career. Yet, that is my job. Here I talk a little bit about why simplifying things is sooooo difficult and why being complicated is pretty much the easy way out. I don't really know how many people give this any thought, but a simple example comes in the form of everyday conversation. When you begin to talk and you only have an idea of what you want to say, but no real deliberate point, then that's where the skill of simplification comes in handy. Trust me, it's real easy to verbally vomit what's in your mind, but to take all that mess and make it a masterpiece in a short amount of time, that's where the real skill comes into play. In web design and development, this ability will serve you well when interpreting what clients really want in their designs from not only listening to the words out their mouth, but mannerisms, body language, what's not being said...ALL THAT! If you can turn what sounds like a heaping mess of request from clients or customers into a Picasso painting, then my friend you are on your way into mastering the skill of simplification. At least in this area of life. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: These are affiliate links that I will make a small percentage of money from when the user makes a purchase. These are items I use for my recording and YouTube needs. Screencast-o-matic --- http://tidd.ly/ebeb0c8c ---- Easily document your coding and design process on your laptop or desktop just for $18.00 a year. You also have access to an entire library of resources such as a feature heavy video editor, large storage for videos, 24/7 support and more. TubeBuddy ----- https://www.tubebuddy.com/mydljworksbuddy ------ If you have high YouTube goals, but concerned with the technicalities of it's algorithm, sign up for a TubeBuddy account which will take care of things such as tags, right titles, keyword research, and more. For my web design needs here, I use TubeBuddy to search for trending topics and what titles are most relevant that users are searching for My trusted, fi-yah hosting I use JustHost http://bit.ly/dljworks-hosting For e-mail auto responding and managing subscriptions, choose Aweber http://bit.ly/dljworks-aweber