Either you’re into simplification or automation or you’re not. If you want to be into extreme profitability you’ll need to get into simplification and automation. And invest in it, too.

The popular quote “God is in the details” conveys well the essence of this principle.

The idea is that the more you pay attention to the details of a goal, project, your life, body, environment, ideas, trends, changes, etc., the sooner and better you’ll be able to do something with it.

Of course, there IS more than that to this concept; and future posts in this series should paint the entire picture of this very, very important concept.

Details, Systems and Big Picture: what’s the ratio?

“Think globally, act locally.” This popular quote supports the idea of focusing primarily on the micro aspect of your project or goal, instead of mostly on the big picture. If I could create a magic formula, I’d come up with something like 50% micro, 48% system, and 2% macro. Meaning that if you spend about 2% of your time understanding and expanding your bigger picture of things (macro), that the rest of the time can well be spent either improving/tweaking the details (micro) and/or installing systems to improve the details.

The way to make the biggest difference is to make lots of little differences. However, that 2% macro focus is essential for the 98% micro actions to really be effective.