I've always admired the ability to take complicated situations or challenges and boil them down to their essence. Their core. I find nothing more illuminating. This is a skill I was taught in business school. I'm pretty good at it, but I'm always working on developing this muscle. This is probably why I'm a huge fan of a blog called Indexed. Jessica Hagy's site is a treasure trove of insight, inspiration and humor. Worth spending some time there. The sample below is representative ...