We are an advanced world on this 21st Century Earth.

Less than 60 years ago we had only just calculated how to land on the Moon. But, since then we have created the internet, Artificial Intelligence, and mega mini computers we hold in our hand.

Stellar progression in a blink of an eye in human history terms.

However, while this is impressive and highly enterprising, it’s also become incredibly complicated.

When the technology doesn’t work, mayhem ensues. Not to mention panic, frustration, and confusion.

We have learnt to think in cyber terms and lost using the mind in simple ways that actually make life good. And not just good but great, groundbreaking, and fabulous.

In this post I’m going to give you 5 reasons why simple thinking still makes life a fantastic thing.

1. Simple is Steady.

Contemporary mindsets are set for quick benefits and fast improvements.

We are in the era of the viral video ethic. In other words make my video an overnight sensation that brings me the money and elevates who I am. This mentality has spread to the mass mind of humans. I want it all and I want it now, has become the mantra.

I call this the Internet Attitude.

Just like ordering a product off Amazon that is delivered the next day, the mental belief is one of quick wins and rapid advancement.

Simple thinking is the polar opposite. It is steady. It operates along established lines of thinking. Solid, practicable, step by step headway or recovery. It won’t be a firework that explodes to be seen and then disappears long to be forgotten. And it won’t create some large lucrative benefit that fades away so you are back to square one soon after never to be there again.

Simple is steady and steady stays the course.

2. Simple is Solid.

Contemporary is clever but also hugely changeable.

What arrives today, can be a fad tomorrow. What once seemed a futuristic concept can be discarded to the bin a short time later. We can be immensely creative but also over optimistic and carried away.

What looks and feels amazing in the mind can turn out unworkable and unusable in practice. Blueprints and drawings, interfaces and system relays, power units and usability functions. All needing tying together, turning what the head imagined into a machine or project than can happen. But often, they don’t.

Not so with simple thinking approaches that are more solid and can be built on.

Simple has less manufactured components. It requires far less people to put together. It has a much lower number of working parts. And it brings less costs to bear to go from idea to reality.

And the unnoticed part is that the whole invention or service is based on a solid requirement met in a straightforward end result.

Barely any customer helplines are ever required. It’s solid, fit for purpose, and works well.

Simple is steady and steady is a foundation stone of life.

3. Simple is Successful.

Now of course getting to the moon isn’t simple.

And neither are many other things when they were set up like creating small household computers, building the Channel Tunnel, and The Hadron Collider to mention but a few.

That said, there are more stand outs that have been hugely successful because they were simple and met everyday needs.

Everybody has used a Post-it note or played with a Frisbee at some time or other. Just as basic but also that made it big were The Hula Hoop and Band-Aids and the world’s comfort wear, Crocs. I’m sure you can think of some of your own truly simple products that made global sales from foods to games and more.

Simple meets everyday requirements without the pfaff and fuss and hassle of more complex creations.

In most cases you simply turn up, buy, and they are yours. No advanced orders or multi programming. It’s on the shelf and then in your hand…or on your feet.

We love simple and we will keep paying for it again and again. All ages, all races, all income types, all backgrounds.

Simple stays successful because of this.

4. Simple is Popular.

Techno nerds may jump on this.

They will shout up at the vast worldwide sales of mobile phones and computers and rightly so. However, they have almost been forced on us all with the advent of businesses, organisations, financial institutions, and even governments driving access to their activities online.

So popular but made so rather than became so.

There are hundreds of super successful products that hit the popularity stakes with us members of the public. Popular because they cover any consumer of any age.

From push down shampoo dispensers to fly swatters, the 80’s Filofax to wet wipes, what helps us across the generations is a popular hit. Simple products the save us time or money, problem solve or provide easier convenience, we have bought them en masse.

Above all else simple is popular and always will be.

So if you were thinking of an idea, ensure it’s a simple benefit that society can gain from and you will have lots of people beating down your door.

Simplicity is a popular presence in human existence.

5. Simple is Sensible.

Humans love things that make sense.

When they are confused or unsure, or find something difficult to get their heads around, they tend to leave it alone. We don’t want to have to think too hard to use or enjoy a product or service. It’s against our nature.

Common sense is inbuilt in us and will never die (though it appears to be having a short break in this 21st Century world).

This means we appreciate what is sensible.

Simple ideas and creations fit that bill perfectly. They switch on a kind of light in us that advises us that they will work wonderfully in our lives. Our sensible side recognises the sensible in the product almost immediately. We don’t have to ponder at all. Our common sense radar tells us to get right in and get involved.

The truth is we see, feel, and can almost naturally smell something simple is sensible and will aid our daily life.

Simple speaks sensible to our sensible self.

There you go my (sensible) friend. If you are involved in thinking about a better life or better service or better idea that will work magic for your future and the rest of us too…remember these simple five.

They’re not hard to forget. There’s only 5. Which makes them simple too.

Simple can be the key to a stunning, successful life. Can you simply believe it?

Photo attributions – free to use under Pixabay Content License by geralt and OctavY and marvelmozhko.