“Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.”
「計劃及策略的制定,應以簡單及常理為依歸。」– 英瓦爾‧坎普拉德 (企業家)
- 英瓦爾‧坎普拉德(1926- ) 是連鎖家具店宜家(IKEA)公司的創辦人,他以賣手錶和長襪起家,曾多年蟬聯瑞典首富,但他崇尚節儉,被譽為「瑞典最勤奮、最節約的人」。
“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”
「除了把事情做好的崇高藝術,還有把事情擱下不做的崇高藝術,人生的智慧在於剔除沒有必要的事物。」– 林語堂 (文學家)
“No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.”
「沒有問題在簡化前可以得到解決,把不明確的困難轉化為特定、具體的形式,是思考過程中一個非常重要的元素。」– 約翰‧皮爾龐特‧摩根 (銀行家)
“We call things we don’t understand complex, but that means we haven’t found a good way of thinking about them.”
「我們將自己不懂的事稱之為複雜,但那意謂我們還沒找到一個思索它的好辦法。」– 下村努 (資安專家)
“Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.”
「處理複雜的事,是沒有效率及不必要的時間、精神及心理能量浪費,把可以簡化的事弄得複雜是完全沒有道理的。」– 愛德華‧德‧波諾 (作家)
“An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgments simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.”
「專家因為知道什該注意及什麼該忽略,所以能更容易的做出決定及判斷。」– 愛德華‧德‧波諾 (作家)
“Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization somehow releases or frees you to operate more effectively.”
「把你的內務整頓好因而減少混亂,可以讓你更好控制你的生活。個人的條理分明因某種原因將釋放或解放你讓你更有效率的工作。」– 賴瑞‧金 (節目主持人)