Summary: Simplicity Resources & Learning Styles in Organizing<br> Wow! There is so much information out there to simplify our lives that some times it can get pretty complicated!!! Isn't it great to have a resource you can go to to find most of what you need on a subject in one location. That's when a site move from being just entertaining to become a real resource. Same goes for books, or any other type of information for that matter. We have lots of other great links on our Recommendations tab at the top of the site, but we wanted to highlight a few here.<br> <br> Which resource work best for you are often dictated by your learning style. Each of us is unique in the way we prefer to learn. When it comes to organizing, the same thing applies. Which type of learning style works best for you? Read more?<br> <br> <br> <br> Dan's Topic: Simplicity Resources<br> So a couple of episodes ago we talked about the start of our journey toward simplicity so I thought I’d share some resources that influenced me as I started the journey, and still do.<br> Like most things, when someone asks you "how you know something" or where you learned it, often times the first thing that comes to mind is “Well, I dunno...I just learned it.” Which is typically true! We each have our own unique path that we travel and you do just pick things up along the way. So it can be hard to say definitely where along the path you picked up a skill, a tidbit of knowledge or, harder yet, philosophy.<br> The other problem I had while putting together this list is that many of these won’t seem like “simplicity” resources at all. Matter of fact, lots of them are straight out business resources. But our business is a big part of our lives and has influenced ability to simplify our lives immensely so I couldn’t just leave those resources, or that part of the story, out. Things don’t happen in a vacuum...they’re intertwined, with lots of cause and effect going on, with actions and reactions.<br> I also need to preface this: For all my adult life my day to day existence was focused on doing my duty; to leading learning and doing things you’d expect from a career military guy. I was starting a transition. There’s a saying from Benjamin Franklin that goes- "Most men die at 25... we just don't bury them until they are 70”. I never wanted that to apply to me. Luckily, I was able to shape my service to where I could always be where the action was...doing things others didn’t want to do. I loved it! But as I prepped for my transition, I knew I wanted to do things on my terms. So that’s how I framed things...that was my lens. So, consider that as I go through the list.<br> So what I’ll do is, for each resource, I’ll give a good portion of the 5W&H...the Who-What-When-Where-Why-How that I talked about way back in Episode 10 when I revealed some Secret (But Simple) Military Communication Techniques<br> I’m going to focus on Books, Blogs, and Podcasts that influenced me in the beginning.<br> <br> <br> The first one I’ll cover is...<br> <br> Who: Tim Ferriss’s<br> What: 4HWW<br> When: I first read in 2008<br> Where: Amazon Link to 4HWW<br> Why: This was the first book that really opened up the whole idea of not following a “deferred retirement” lifestyle. A main premise of the book focuses on numerous “mini-retirements” throughout your life versus waiting for the deferred retirement plan followed by most. In the book, Tim guides you through developing what he calls a “muse” or a side business that supports the lifestyle you want to live. Now, I talked quite a bit about deferred retirement in Episode 29 and in our About Us video so I won’t go too deep into that here, but I took that and adapted that a bit.<br> Essentially for us it’s a little different. We always have my retirement pension from the military to back us up, but that has allowed us to develop our lifestyle businesses around what we truly love to do versus ha...
