I stopped calling it complicated, and it became easy

Today, I’m getting into a metal cylinder with wings.

This pressurised tube will fly in the air from Sofia to London using a series of mini-explosions that turn the metal fans that propel the cylinder forward.

The paradox of air travel:

Airplanes are an incredible feat of human ingenuity and applied engineering.

But, when you break things down into their individual pieces, the process that gets planes from one city to the next is very simple.

Simple things working together create the illusion of complexity.

But nothing is truly ‘complex.’ That’s just a label we apply to things to make sense of stuff we don’t understand.

Things either work or they don’t.

At least until a few decades ago, people were in awe of air travel. It seems so out of reach, so complicated and clever, that we see the creators of these machines as Demi-gods.

But, broken down, anyone can understand how these things work.

Seen clearly, without applied judgement or meaning, everything is simple.

Just like the system you currently operate in your life, perhaps without realising it.

Whatever results you are getting right now is because of a simple system you built.

You have a system right now.

If you’re struggling with bills, you are running a system that brings in less income than you need.

If you’re writing four books per year, you’ve created a system that leads to this result.

Here’s what I’m saying:

You don't need a more complicated system if you want better results in any area of your life.

You just need a different system.

And all systems are simple.

You just need to know what you’re building.

(Btw, one of the next mini-course releases for Ember subscribers is on building systems).

If you’d like to learn how to write with more impact and see the power of a writing system in action, you’ll want to get hold of Online Writing Alchemy today.