A flower

How do each petals of a flower know how much to grow and when to stop growing? The beauty of the flower comes from when the petals of the inner circle decide not to grow beyond a particular size.

The beauty of effective human teams (including families) comes not only from ‘when to say’ but also ‘when not to say’.

May 9, 2014

The power of simplicity – 4 different perspectives

  1. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo DaVinci
  2. “Life is amazingly good when it’s simple and amazingly simple when it’s good.” – Terri Guillemets
  3. The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed — it is a process of elimination.” – Elbert Hubbard
  4. The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hofmann
May 1, 2013