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It's not difficult to fail.

Therefore, I want you to fail today.

Actually, I want you to fail today and I want you to fail tomorrow.

Scratch that—I want you to fail today, tomorrow, and every single day of your life.

Why do I want you to fail?

Two reasons.

Number one: failure is how we learn.

Failure is how we learn any skill, any task, any job.

You didn't learn to walk because you just decided it was a good idea one morning.

You learned to walk because you had failed many, many times before.

You tripped, you stumbled, you probably nicked your chin on your parents' coffee table.

You learned to walk because of failure.

And the same can be said about almost any other thing in our lives.

You learned how to ride a bike because of failure.

You learned how to drive a car because of failure.

You learned how to do your current job or to become a parent because of failure.

In fact, if you're a parent, you probably know very well that you have failed every single day since you first became a parent.

And that's okay.

You're a successful parent because of your failure.

Number two: the reason why I want you to fail is because failure shows that we're trying.

Failure shows that we're not afraid to try something new, that we're not afraid to succeed.

You ask any successful person, ask anyone that you deem is a hero of yours, and they'll tell you that they're the sum of their failures.

They got to the position, or they got to the level where they're at, because they failed many, many times.

So fail to learn and fail to show that you're trying.

It's very simple.

Why is it "very simple"? I'm only a few videos into this channel, but I thought it was appropriate to share with you why I decided to start "It's Very Simple." Here's my story.

About three years ago, I found myself in a lineup at a local department store. I was in the returns and exchanges line, and yes, it was getting very close to the holidays. You could feel the tension in that lineup. People were upset, people were frustrated, many people glancing at their watches or their smartphones, checking to see what time it was. A lot of foot-tapping, a lot of that type of thing.

At the very front of the line, there was a woman who was growing more and more irate with her complaint or exchange—whatever she was trying to do with the customer associate. And as this was going on around me, I asked myself, why was I not feeling stressed out at that moment in time? Why was I feeling relatively calm? Was it because I just had a relatively easy Saturday that day? Was it the way I was brought up? Was it the parenting I received? Maybe it was just my personality, what I was blessed with at birth.

Now, there are many different factors as to how we view the world, but what it boiled down to for me is that I felt, more than almost anything else, it had to do with the way that I have chosen to live my life. I've specifically chosen to reduce distractions in my day-to-day living. I've tried to simplify the way I go about my work, the way I go about my relationships, the way I go about raising a family.

So, I wanted to create a community where I could hear from others: What types of things have they put into their life so that they can focus on what's most important? Whether that's family, whether that's career, whether that's faith, whether that's health—it doesn't matter. What types of things have you put into your life that have made your life that much more simple? And if you're looking for ways to find a more simple way of living, a way to live with less stress, well, you've found the right place.

Remember, it's very easy to make things difficult or complicated. What's challenging—what actually takes effort—is to keep things simple, to keep things easy or basic. That's what "It's Very Simple" is all about. Let's keep things simple so that we can get the most out of this life, so that we can get the most out of our careers, so that we can get the most out of our families.

Thanks so much for watching. If you'd like to see more videos, be sure to subscribe below. And if you have other questions or tips on simple living, leave them in the comments below—I'd love to hear from you. Until next time, it's very simple.

Countless studies show that taking a nap will maximize your productivity. But if that's the case, why don't more of us take naps? I think the answer is simple: We tend to correlate how much stuff we can get done with how long we work.

life it moves pretty fast there's so much this throw nest every single day but life doesn't have to be difficult it's very simple is about focusing on the right things here you'll find ways to be more productive tips on how to get the most out of your day and ideas on how to reduce stress in your life it's a place to get away from the noise

and learn how to focus on what's most important whether it's a strategy to be more effective at work or a light pack for your home you'll find it right here and it's very simple life it moves pretty fast but it doesn't have to be difficult so subscribe for more videos it's very simple

almost every team sport has a half time as a part of their game football basketball soccer and many others have a distinct break between the first and second half now the purpose of a half time is to give players an opportunity to rest themselves so they can come out strong in a second half it's a time to

Purpose of a Halftime

regroup with teammates it's a time to refuel bodies it's a time to listen to a

coach and strategize about how to ensure a win in the second half you will also

Players Retire

notice that at halftime players don't remain on the field or on the court no they remove themselves from the place of action and retire to a locker room well

Take a Halftime

today I want you to take a half time I want you to treat your day like a professional athlete I want you to be as strong as you can in your second half so

Second Half

don't eat your sandwich at your desk I want you to get up and move around can you eat your lunch somewhere else away from your place of work can you go for a

Power Nap

short walk to exercise not only your body but also your mind are you able to fit in a short power nap it'll do you much better than a cup of coffee will right after lunch treat your day like a professional athlete and take a half time when it comes to professional sports no one wants to be on the bench in the second half of the game no they want to be on the court they want to be on the field trying their best to bring

a win for their team so do the same in your work life and bring a win to your

team take a half time today it's very simple

If you are already a subscriber to Simpletivity, you probably already know that I'm a big advocate of waking up early in the morning.

Waking up bright and early so I can do things such as exercise, meditate, journal, read, or maybe just get a head start on my email.

It's a great motivational tool for the rest of my day.

By getting important things done first thing, it gives me the energy and the motivation to accomplish even bigger things or to handle bigger challenges later in my day.

Well, there's something else that's really a big key to my morning, and it should be a big key to yours as well, and that's breakfast.

Eating a big, healthy breakfast, having enough fuel, having enough energy to have the most productive and effective day that you can.

Answer this question for me: do you typically need a piece of cutlery to consume your breakfast in the morning?

Do you need a knife, fork, or spoon to eat your breakfast?

If you answered no, I would question how big of a breakfast you may be eating, and you may not be filling yourself with enough energy to have the most effective day that you could.

You wouldn't head out on a road trip with your gas tank near empty, now would you?

You'd make sure that you have enough fuel to get to your end destination.

Well, today you've got an end destination that is full of meetings, full of phone calls, full of important work and tasks that you need to accomplish.

Make sure you have enough fuel in the tank so that you can get to that finish line, so that you can be at your productive best.

A big yellow bird once told me that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and I believe it.

Not just because I watched it on Sesame Street, no, I believe it because study after study continues to show that breakfast is indeed the most important meal of the day.

You need that energy, you need that fuel after a long night's sleep to catapult you through the rest of your day.

So eat a big breakfast.

Make sure you've got the fuel that you need.

It's very simple.

In fact, it's probably one of the more simple things that we do each day.

We open up our smartphone or a tablet, we visit the app store or the play store, and we download something new, hoping that this might solve our existing problem.

Now, when it comes to productivity tools, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of great tools that are available.

But there's a problem.

By buying into one of these productivity tools and starting to use them to manage your tasks and your to-do's, you have now added an additional application to your base of productivity.

You see, your calendar is your core.

Your calendar shows where you need to be, when you need to be there, and what's coming up in the future.

And by using a productivity tool or a productivity app, you need to toggle between that app and your calendar back and forth or open up a new tab on your desktop to see, can I do that task tomorrow?

What else do I have going on?

Well, I would argue there's a much better way, and you're already using it—it's your calendar.

No matter what you use, whether it's Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook, you can use all-day events for your tasks, and they'll always appear at the top of your calendar and they'll always appear upfront and very, very visible.

So you don't have to switch to something else.

You don't have to open up something separately on your smartphone to see what you should be doing today.

No, it could be right there, visible in your calendar.

And if you need to defer a task, you can see how far you can defer that in relation to other meetings, other activities, or events that you have scheduled that week.

So, nothing against productivity tools.

It's not that they're buggy.

It's not that they're poorly designed or poorly developed.

However, I think that there's a more simple, more efficient solution for staying on top of your tasks, and it's your existing calendar.

It's very simple.

Have you ever got so focused and engaged in an activity that you lost track of time?

It's usually a good feeling that you're so immersed in a particular activity that you actually forget what time it is.

Well, sometimes that can be dangerous because depending on what you're working on, you may need to move on to something that's more important—something that actually adds more value to your organization or to your end goals.

That's why I suggest working with a timer.

Use a timer

smartphone or perhaps a desktop timer something that can tell you when you should move on or at least consider moving on to the next activity let me give you an example I never spend more than 25 minutes at a time with my email

Why I use a timer

It's because I use a timer.

I set it for 25 minutes and then I work exclusively with my email—working through my inbox, sending, and replying to emails.

When my timer goes off, I take a step back. I ask myself, should I spend a few more minutes in email? Should I send one or two more messages? Or do I need to move on to something more important, something that's going to help me better achieve my goals for that day or my goals for that company?

So I would suggest using a...

Advantages of using a timer

time we all have them on our smartphones the other advantage of using the timers

that you no longer have to glance at your time you don't have to glance at your watch or to see how many more minutes I have left you can fully immerse yourself in that activity and

Take a step back

Let the timer do the work for you.

When that chime or when that bell rings, then you can take a step back.

Should you continue with what you're doing, or should you move on to the next, possibly more important task?

So use the timer that you already have.

Maybe download a new timer or a new clock app from the Play Store or from the App Store.

See how using a timer can help you to be at your productive best.

It's very simple.

Recently Trello celebrated its ten millionth user.

Now if you don't know what Trello is, I encourage you to click the link below in the description. Trello is an amazing online application which helps you manage, well it helps you manage almost anything. It's based around the premise of an old cork board.

What is Trello

Where you can take things and tack up notes and move them around. Or think about post-it notes, where you can write down pieces of information and then stick them in different places on your wall. The great thing of course is that it's digital and you can collaborate with other individuals such as a team or such as other members of your organization. But what I love the most about Trello is that it's simple. It keep it extremely, extremely clean. You can put something very brief on the front of a Trello card and behind it, add a lot of further details such as attachments, such as links, such as comments and messages that you may communicate with other members of your team.

Conclusion

So I strongly encourage you to check out Trello. It's a free application and they've designed beautiful apps for both tablets and smartphones. Check it out and I'll be talking more about Trello and how you can use it to improve both your personal productivity and your teams productivity in the future. It's very simple.

Hey, what are your top 10 priorities right now?

Is that a question you've been asked recently, or perhaps you've asked someone else?

What are your top 10 priorities?

Well, I think we need to be very careful with that word—priorities—because by using it so often, we tend to water down our work, and as a result, we water down our output.

Priority—the word has a very interesting history.

Priority entered the English language roughly 500 years ago, but its definition was singular.

In fact, you couldn't have priorities.

In fact, even the definition of the word priority was your most significant task or where you were putting your most significant focus.

It wasn't until the beginning of the 20th century that we started to pluralize that word—priorities.

And now we've been throwing it around very, very loosely.

You hear it all the time: "Oh, here are my top seven priorities. These are my organization's top 12 priorities."

Well, I think it's starting to sound a little ridiculous.

Here's why.

As I work with individuals and organizations, I find that the more priorities they have, the less likely they are to achieve them.

And even those that they do achieve, they tend to achieve them rather poorly.

So, I think we need to go back to using priority in its truest sense—what is your most significant task? Where are you putting your most significant focus?

There's an old Russian proverb that states: "If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one."

And the same is true in our personal and our professional lives.

So, the next time someone asks you, "What are your top 10 priorities?" you can say proudly, "I don't have 10 priorities. I have one priority, and here's why."

It's very simple.

I'm just so busy you know I hate it when people say that I absolutely hate it when people say I'm too busy well today I want you to stop saying that phrase by sharing your busy story with the world I want you to share why you're so busy

Whats your busy story

what's the number one obstacle that gets in your way from all the things that you'd like to get done in the comments below or on Twitter I'd like you to share your busy story use the hashtag my

Share your busy story

busy story I want you to release whatever it is that it is holding you back what's the most common reason that you say that you're too busy is it email is it distractions at work is it just technology in general whatever it is be specific and share your busy story