One thing I've learned from building things (like starting an insurance company from scratch) is that complexity can be intimidating, even overwhelming, before you begin. I wonder how many potentially great businesses never get launched simply because the idea feels too big to tackle. When you're running after something you've never done before, you don't have to solve the whole problem at once. Start by breaking it apart. What exactly needs to happen? What's the biggest obstacle? Which pieces can be delegated, simplified, or eliminated altogether? Sometimes slowing down long enough to organize the work is exactly what allows you to speed up. It's amazing how much clarity comes from turning one seemingly impossible challenge into a handful of manageable ones. Ford didn't make the automobile less complex. He made the process of building one simpler, one task at a time. And that changed an entire industry.