Welcome to the first edition of the newsletter.
I don’t have a clever name for it and I don’t intend to make one.
I also haven’t bothered to properly format this page (if you are reading this via email you can also read it on Beehiiv) or learn how this platform works fully.
I just decided I wanted to sharpen my writing skills; all the top copywriters say you should write copy by hand to get better at it… but I am just never going to do that, I don’t see why pen and paper is any better than typing.
I mention all of this for 2 reasons.
To give the backstory on why I am doing this.
It ties into what I want to talk about today.
There is a BIG problem in our society today.
And it is something that is baked into almost every aspect of our society to the point that it is seen as normal.
It is actually a massive conspiracy by the many to oppress the few and set themselves up for success.
But not everyone has been pulled into its jaws… some of us see the truth…
…and we are the ones that win.
If you can recognize this, then you can have the chance to break the cycle and free yourself from the doom spiral it will cause in your life.
I’m talking about what I like to call The Complexity Directive.
The Complexity Directive is a Machiavellian plot by our government, education, medical, entertainment and corporate ruling class institutions designed to add some much complexity to things that can be achieved with relative simplicity that people get tied up in bureaucracy and unnecessary complexity and never actually achieve anything.
Here’s an easy example.
One of my previous careers was in information technology.
The information technology industry has a massive swath of “certifications” you have to get for various things:
A+ for hardware (CompTIA)
CCNA for networking (Cisco)
Dozens of different Microsoft ones
You also have a 4 year degree program in information technology.
And those are all PAID exams you have to retake regularly.
Most places won’t even interview you unless you have some of those…
…and they are just pointless tests that in no way reflect skill.
The medical industry is similar… I, and many MANY people I know never got healthy listening to our primary care doctor for the 15 minutes a year he thinks about your health.
Most doctors I see could probably not even do 20 push ups…
…but man does the medical industry hate it when people take their health into their own hands without their permission.
That’s because if people can make themselves healthy there won’t be any need for them and all the regulations, and certifications and all the other nonsense will be for nothing.
The Complexity Directive is rampant… and it is EVERYWHERE in our society.
Look around your daily life and you will see it in everything… needless forms, regulations, verifications and other time wasters designed to keep you too busy with bullshit to ever actually achieve anything.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
The people that have managed to break free and fid freedom and success are the ones that don’t want to add complexity… they just want to get shit done… and they do and that is why they succeed.
They tend to irritate the indoctrinated because rather than plane meetings, have meetings to plan other meetings, worry about possible problems they may never have and on and on and on… they just do stuff.
They just get shit done.
They remove complexity and just do what matters.
Whatever you think of him as a person (and I am NOT a fan) Elon Musk is the embodiment of this.
He literally has a 5 point algorithm…
Question every requirement.
Delete any part or process you can.
Simplify and optimize.
Accelerate cycle time.
Automate.
I think the results speak for themselves.
You can take this approach to anything in your life.
Cut out everything except the few things that actually “move the needle” forward.
Then repeat over and over again in everything you do, until there is nothing left but what matters… then go all in on that and watch your life change.
The Complexity Directive rules our society with an iron fist.
But it doesn’t rule everyone.
And it doesn’t have to rule you.
Stop complicating shit.
Take things away that don’t need to be there.
Focus on what actually gets results.
Then watch everything in your life soar from there.
That’s it for the first edition.
Feel free to reply or comment with any thoughts or feedback… I think I will see those somewhere haha.
Until tomorrow.
Chris.