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The biggest issue in math is always “how far can we reduce the equation.” How simple can something be made and still retain its full functionality. Einstein’s famous e=mc2 is a very elegant expression of a tragically less remembered quote of his:

I hope that throughout my work you will see both my admiration of and adherence to this dictum. A lot of people seem to think mathematics are very complicated but their best purpose is to reduce things to the most elegant and elemental expression of much larger and ephemeral patterns.

There is a parody of an old investment brokerage tagline that I have always enjoyed. “We make money the old fashioned way, by selling things for more than we paid for them.” You might laugh but business in its best expression doesn’t need to be a lot more complicated than that.

What I’m going to try to convince you of here is that any business, in fact all businesses can be divided into 3 distinct and very different components. Everything you need to know or understand about your business that cannot be included in one of the 3 categories, context, process or network, is either irrelevant or a distraction. It is just that simple.

) How many separate business elements do you think you are managing right now?

) How many more business components do you have today than when you first began your business or job?

) How much easier would your business be if you were only juggling 3 balls?

4.) How much more manageable would the relationships of only 3 business components be?

1) The 1st Big Mistake

2) Where to start

3) Where to go next

4) Where to stop and don’t

forget to keep stopping

5) Painting the Golden Gate