My two oldest boys have figured out that I am not the most complex guy in the world. When we’re playing capture the flag with their friends, I often hide the flag out in the open, almost in plain view. You guessed it—for a long time it’s the last place any of the kids look. When playing hide-and-seek, I’ll often hide in the same spot two or three times in a row, consistently escaping detection (at least for a little while). Our human nature, with an assist from modern culture, promotes the idea that solutions must be deep and complicated to be valuable. In most cases, nothing could be further from the truth. Lasting solutions are surprisingly simple.

In what ways might you be searching for a sophisticated answer when a simple solution is already available?