Simplify to Amplify

Sitting here at the airport waiting to board a flight to Bangkok and wondering how on earth I got here. Everything feels a little surreal. I'm employed. I'm doing something I love. I'm learning every single day. What did I do so differently to warrant this space?

I simplified the complexities of the last 12 months and I opened my arms to amplification. Of me. Of my life and of my voice.

To amplify is to "to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis."

We have an insane ability to amplify all sorts of things, usually negative beliefs, occasionally a bad idea, and our voice, results or presence, often never enough. We allow ourselves sometimes to be controlled by bias, misread a situation or a person and negatively amplify.

We have an incredible ability to allow situations to appear worse than they are, debate & ponder over those things out of our control and permit ourselves to be drawn into the complexity. We do this KNOWING it's often the wrong thing to do. And we also know that when we step back, de-amplify the issue or problem, we are simplifying our response and amplifying our result.

It seems simple. It isn't. But our processes once simplified give us better outcomes.

My journey over the last 12 months has taught me that although sometimes not simple, it is definitely possible to amplify your voice, your presence and your results by doing just this. It's like a sound button: turn down the noise, de-amplify; turn up the action. Amplify.

So, how did I amplify me?

Back to basics, closer analysis of me, my experience, my super powers. That gave me a huge amount of detail to work with. Detail that I used to illustrate my path, set my tone, my scene and attract those people, things and opportunities I wanted in my life. And it worked.

I made a conscious effort to let go- as hopefully you've all read previously. I shifted my mindset towards dreams and positive action. I found my voice. And I spoke. I wrote, I edited.

Sometimes there ARE things that need to be amplified, talked about over and over again. Perhaps grief is one of these. A very close friend of mine lost his husband last week. Hearing him amplify his sadness, going over situations and not thinking about anything else- it was important to expand, to remember the detail, the memories, the laughter. Over time he may be able to simplify through this process but it will take time.

In essence we can't not amplify sometimes. But when it comes to managing ourselves and our own processes that simplicity brings life amplification. All at once. In amazing ways.

"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak" Hans Hoffman

This I love. And it certainly simplifies my amplified words.

Go seek amplification. And enjoy the ride. What comes out of it will be far greater. It's simply about more. More from life and more of you.