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FastTime® Cardinal Rule #1 | © 2000-2017 Leland Russell

Simplify EverythingFastTime Cardinal Rule®

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FastTime® Cardinal Rule #1 | © 2000-2017 Leland Russell

Simplify by subtracting.

Clear away anything and everything that isn’t immediately essential.

Eliminate Muda (無駄 ): Japanese word meaning “uselessness; wastefulness”.

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Simplify Everything“Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

— Albert Einstein

Simplify Communication.

Define a Common Language for the task at hand.

Eliminate “The Tower of Babel” — *Babel comes from the Hebrew word balal, meaning to jumble.[

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FastTime® Cardinal Rule #1 | © 2000-2017 Leland Russell

Simplify group work.• Intent — Explain where you are going, why, and what you will be doing.• Content — Present key information succinctly in all media types. • Process — Clarify how the group does its work (steps and sets of activities)

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Simplify Everything“Make things as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

— Albert Einstein

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Simplify organizing information. 3

• Three is the number of items we can easily recall in short-term memory.

• It sharpens the focus of attention/action on a manageable number of items.

The Rule of Three is optimal because: