My wandering mind tonight stopped at oxymorons and aphorisms : “less is more” or “if you lose you win” or “too much of a good thing”.  For sure you have all heard those expressions and alike before.

What do they really mean ?   It has something to do with how we interpret single words put together in sentences contradictory in terms but having a sordid truth to the meanings. 

Many times in sales, the less we speak, the more we say; or, as a friend of mine would so eloquently say: “Fewer words is more better” (less is more).  A problem we are presently experiencing in Florida is that if we could considerably lower the property taxes and the cost of our catastrophic home insurance, we could sell more homes (less is more).  Women certainly understand the truism of the idiom “less is more” (guys, it’s a diamond.)

If you let “too much of a good thing” like chocolate, French fries or in sex, drugs or alcohol they can lead to addiction or increase your weight.  Therefore, more is not better; less is.  Conversely, if you diet and lose substantial weight, you should feel better and healthier; hence, by “losing” weight, you “win” and you will gain tremendous confidence in yourself (less is more).

You thought I’d quit already.  No, I have one more: “ignorance is bliss”.  Maybe, the less we worry about knowing all that stuff (ignorance), the better off we are (bliss); hence, “less is more”.

Albert Einstein has always professed to his students or colleague scientists to make everything as simple as possible.  In your job, DO YOU KEEP IT SIMPLE? 

John