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Complexity is a silent killer of focus, clarity, and performance. Benjamin Franklin's daily routine had a dedicated window to avoid it. The Simplicity Audit examines four key environments of your life. For each item in each environment, ask two questions. One is this necessary, two is this energy creating. There are three potential outcomes from these questions. No to both, remove the item immediately. Yes to both, keep the item.

Complexity is a silent killer of focus, clarity, and performance. This statement is true for businesses, but even more so for your work and life. It's easy to let complexity and disorder slowly seep in—we tend to add, but rarely subtract.

The Simplicity Audit examines four key environments of your life: Physical, Digital, Mental, and Social.

For each item in each environment, ask: (1) Is this necessary? (2) Is this creating energy? If "Yes" to both, keep it. If "No" to both, remove it. If "Yes" to one, think on it.