Chapter 9: Simplify
Quitting distraction
Richter Rancid said: A mind unburdened by unnecessary complexity sees reality most clearly.
Embrace quitting as a virtue: ending the superfluous preserves energy for chosen responsibilities.
Meditate away all but the essential—quiet the mind so true strategy may speak.
Value boredom and unfilled time: it forces reflection and births new insight.
Determine what can be controlled—and release what cannot. Do not waste will against the immovable.
Return to first principles: strip every task to its core and rebuild with ruthless simplicity.
Remove assumptions that bloat your plans and muddy your vision. Let reality stand unadorned and clear.
Physics is the only law that matters—cold, unchanging, immune to opinion.
Routine pruning prevents future collapse—maintain your system by removing dead weight.
Evolution demands death—let old methods, projects, and obligations perish so that evolution may thrive
Be intentionally unconcerned with others’ drama; indifferent focus sharpens your own aim.
Be flippant toward forced expectations, do not carry burdens not of your choosing.
“Don’t should on yourself”: release imposed obligations to remain agile and responsive.
No regret for opportunities you chose to miss.
Decline toil to expose waste, each “no” widens your field of victory.
Be Pretty Helpful, networking and assisting others while flexing your boundaries.
A lean plan adapts swiftly; a cluttered one falters under its own weight.
In focused effort, less becomes more—every resource marshaled toward your goal.
Thus, by quitting the nonessential, the Villain forges a path unblocked and unstoppable.
