Workplace 2018: Consider the clear path

Tim Ferriss spoke to 100 of the world’s best thinkers and doers for his book, Tribe of Mentors, and some of their thoughts grabbed his attention and held on.

One of the ideas that he says he will think about forever was a quote from Chase Jarvis, the hyper-kinetic photographer and CEO of CreativeLive.com.

Jarvis said simply this:

“What would this look like if it were easy?”

After that question come a half dozen others that probe the essence of work and productivity. Blogger Jonathan Vieker asks:

Why is this done in the first place?

What is slowing down the process?

Could I eliminate steps?

What can I do differently?

These are questions that can clarify both work and home tasks to simplify and create the clear path. In office settings, many paper-based tasks remain. Perhaps these could be digitized, simplified or clarified.