Society is overwhelming our lives with complexity and we are just letting ourselves get taken along for the ride. This doesn’t mean that you have to suffer through the current level of complexity. The expression "Keep it simple, stupid"(K.I.S.S), emphasize the fact that simplicity is important. The principle is meant to convey the idea that the simplest or most obvious explanation of several competing ones is the one that should be preferred until it is proven wrong. Or as William of Ockham (an English philosopher) put it:
The KISS principle isn’t geared for a specific context it is a generic idea that can be used effectively in any situation in your life. Nevertheless in an effort to get my point across I will give you an examples of the KISS principle in action that will apply to a lot of the aspiring D.J’s on this site.
A classic example is when a romantic relationship is obviously over, but you don't want to cope with that idea. You think to yourself “This relationship isn’t over, all I need to do is communicate more and take her out to dinner and read her mind, all I need to do is conform to her idea of an ideal man and the problems will disappear” you can continue explaining away problems or convincing yourself that they can be resolved even as problem after problem piles up as proof that the real answer is simple: The relationship isn't working.
Now any rational person would think that a person is being illogical by staying in a bad relationship, the K.I.S.S principle is simple ,but I never said it was easy. What you would need to do is catch yourself in your convoluted state of denial and then determine the simplest route to making you happy (getting out of the relationship), which is easier said than done.
Another good example of the KISS principle is “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” . Example: you would like that hot girl to come over and ask you out, but she seems reluctant to do so. As someone who wants to personify the D.J lifestyle and apply the K.I.S.S principle you should at least talk to the girl because you would think it was nice if she approched you with romantic interest. Alright I twisted that one around but there is no doubt that this is simple and it is easy if you just shed some preconceived notions about getting rejected.
I myself haven’t even covered the tip of the iceberg when it comes to applying KISS principles in my life. Thus far I have found that by reframing my goals in life into a more abstract level I can easily deal with problems that I once thought were much to complicated to even consider dealing with. For example I was all into pickup “techniques” like speed seduction and trying to use trivial changes in body language as a measure of a woman’s interest in me. However now I have a strategy that is simple yet quite effective: meet, Talk, get number, meet again,and screw. At first you may find what I am saying is oversimplified, but when dealing with issues of a personal matter I find the simpler I can get my ideas the better. Moreover I don’t care how I happen to reach my goals I just try to get there using the simplest route possible and if I cannot get to one of my goals within a reasonable amount of time I start over on another girl err I mean goal.
Using the kiss principle in your life will require planning at first and will probably cause minor turmoil in your usual thought process. However, in the long run, the net effect of the principle will be beneficial since much more can be accomplished with simplicity than complexity.
If anyone else has some good examples of K.I.S.S principles in action I would be happy to read them.
P.S meet, talk, get phone number, meet again, and screw.
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"The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others --- the living --- are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later." Hunter S. Thompson
The Dalai Lama once said that
The basic principle is the same: If your explanations, constructs, or theories get real complicated, they are probably wrong. This is especially likely if you have to keep asking yourself “what if” questions, where each new piece of information requires modifications that make things still more complicated. Take for example the 3 second rule. The rule simply states that you will probably have a better chance of gaining a woman’s interest if you start a conversation with her within the first 3 seconds of meeting her. I don’t think anyone can prove this wrong, nonetheless how many people like to use complex social mating rituals based on some self help psycho’s latest book only to become the girls "friend" because you didn’t have to gonads to walk up to her and start a convo when you first had the chance.
The KISS principle isn’t geared for a specific context it is a generic idea that can be used effectively in any situation in your life. Nevertheless in an effort to get my point across I will give you an examples of the KISS principle in action that will apply to a lot of the aspiring D.J’s on this site.
A classic example is when a romantic relationship is obviously over, but you don't want to cope with that idea. You think to yourself “This relationship isn’t over, all I need to do is communicate more and take her out to dinner and read her mind, all I need to do is conform to her idea of an ideal man and the problems will disappear” you can continue explaining away problems or convincing yourself that they can be resolved even as problem after problem piles up as proof that the real answer is simple: The relationship isn't working.
Now any rational person would think that a person is being illogical by staying in a bad relationship, the K.I.S.S principle is simple ,but I never said it was easy. What you would need to do is catch yourself in your convoluted state of denial and then determine the simplest route to making you happy (getting out of the relationship), which is easier said than done.
Another good example of the KISS principle is “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” . Example: you would like that hot girl to come over and ask you out, but she seems reluctant to do so. As someone who wants to personify the D.J lifestyle and apply the K.I.S.S principle you should at least talk to the girl because you would think it was nice if she approched you with romantic interest. Alright I twisted that one around but there is no doubt that this is simple and it is easy if you just shed some preconceived notions about getting rejected.
I myself haven’t even covered the tip of the iceberg when it comes to applying KISS principles in my life. Thus far I have found that by reframing my goals in life into a more abstract level I can easily deal with problems that I once thought were much to complicated to even consider dealing with. For example I was all into pickup “techniques” like speed seduction and trying to use trivial changes in body language as a measure of a woman’s interest in me. However now I have a strategy that is simple yet quite effective: meet, Talk, get number, meet again,and screw. At first you may find what I am saying is oversimplified, but when dealing with issues of a personal matter I find the simpler I can get my ideas the better. Moreover I don’t care how I happen to reach my goals I just try to get there using the simplest route possible and if I cannot get to one of my goals within a reasonable amount of time I start over on another girl err I mean goal.
Using the kiss principle in your life will require planning at first and will probably cause minor turmoil in your usual thought process. However, in the long run, the net effect of the principle will be beneficial since much more can be accomplished with simplicity than complexity.
If anyone else has some good examples of K.I.S.S principles in action I would be happy to read them.
P.S meet, talk, get phone number, meet again, and screw.
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"The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others --- the living --- are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later." Hunter S. Thompson