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Complexity

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I’ve been listening to Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. This book should be required reading in every business school, by every student of humanities, and every person studying computer sciences. I’m near the end of the story and I’ve been struggling to reconcile the dycotomy of how Steve Jobs was able to drive the development of very complex things, while at the same time embodying and insisting on simplicity.

After a great deal of consideration, here’s my take…

It’s not about removing the complexity. It’s about putting the complexity in the right place.

Those of us who work to create great things find ourselves in a constant struggle between simplicity and complexity. However, this struggle is an illusion. True simplicity is a manifestation of complexity.

Life and Soccer

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At the moment you are showing an honest love for the game. You get a considerable amount of playing time and seem to be enjoying every minute. However, personal experience has taught me that everything is fleeting. It is our responsibility, to ourselves and to our children, to teach that winning is not everything; everyone cannot be a goal scorer; not everyone always gets to play the position they want. Growing as a team is the real objective. Begin part of the team is most important.

As a family, we need to look forward and hope that everyone will be able to find ways to enjoy the moments as we do. Life, like soccer, is to be played beautifully; perfection is unachievable.