Simple Tools Lead to Better Focus
Like many others, I use Google Workspace for my daily operations at walkthrough.ai. Unlike many others, I’m borderline obstinate when signing up for YAS (yet another SaaS).
Even the smallest companies today are overflowing with dozens of SaaS subscriptions (paid and free). However, they usually only leverage a small percentage of each one's full capabilities. This leads to a lack of efficiency and productivity, as well as increased costs.
Meanwhile, if you are only using 10% of a product's features, you could equally leverage a tool that has 10% of said solution's features (i.e., fully utilize more simple tools). To this point, I rarely hear people talk about the impact of simple solutions on our ability to focus on the actual problems we’re trying to solve.
Complex tools with 1000 bells and whistles get overwhelming and time-consuming to set up and use. They come with a plethora of configurations that distract us from our actual work. Personally, I see people spend more time on “designing” their Notion, Miro, and AirTable projects than time producing a valuable asset.
Simple tools are easy to use and understand. They don’t require a lot of time or resources to set up, so they don’t distract us from the problem we’re trying to solve. This allows us to focus on the important aspects of the problem rather than…
