Try to design elegant solutions
Summary
- An elegant solution is simple, efficient and effective
Details
- It is not just a solution that gets teh work done, but one that gets it done with a minimum of fuss
- An elegant solution often appears effortless
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Elegance is simplicity, efficiency, and effectiveness. It’s not only a solution that gets a result. It’s arguably a better solution—the least complex and clearest way forward. An elegant strategy offers leverage in service of the change we seek. While it might seem effortless in execution, creating the method requires insight and care.
Elegant paths often seem roundabout at first, but they put systems to work for us, instead of against us. They require intent and discipline, and reward us with resilience and efficiency.
Related
- Einstein's most elegant imaginative paper had no citations, acknowlegements or references
- Our life is frittered away by detail…Simplify, simplify, simplify… Simplicity of life and elevation of purpose - Henry David Thoreau
- I believe the way toward mastery of any endeavor is to work toward simplicity- replace complex technology with knowledge - Yvon Chouinard
- Dont define solutions in binary terms
- When we reach an impasse at any point in the creative process, it can be helpful to step away from the project to create space and allow a solution to appear - Rick Rubin