“Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.”
「计划及策略的制定,应以简单及常理为依归。」– 英瓦尔‧坎普拉德 (企业家)
- 英瓦尔‧坎普拉德(1926- ) 是连锁家具店宜家(IKEA)公司的创办人,他以卖手表和长袜起家,曾多年蝉联瑞典首富,但他崇尚节俭,被誉为「瑞典最勤奋、最节约的人」。
“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艺术,还有把事情搁下不做的崇高艺术,人生的智慧在于剔除没有必要的事物。」– 林语堂 (文学家)
“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.”
「没有问题在简化前可以得到解决,把不明确的困难转化为特定、具体的形式,是思考过程中一个非常重要的元素。」– 约翰‧皮尔庞特‧摩根 (银行家)
“We call things we don’t understand complex, but that means we haven’t found a good way of thinking about them.”
「我们将自己不懂的事称之为复杂,但那意谓我们还没找到一个思索它的好办法。」– 下村努 (资安专家)
“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.”
「处理复杂的事,是没有效率及不必要的时间、精神及心理能量浪费,把可以简化的事弄得复杂是完全没有道理的。」– 爱德华‧德‧波诺 (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.”
「专家因为知道什该注意及什么该忽略,所以能更容易的做出决定及判断。」– 爱德华‧德‧波诺 (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.”
「把你的内务整顿好因而减少混乱,可以让你更好控制你的生活。个人的条理分明因某种原因将释放或解放你让你更有效率的工作。」– 赖瑞‧金 (节目主持人)