"Less is more" in workplaces

Now I work for a small startup.

A small startup always has resource constraint and needs to think about where to allocate scarce resource.

On the other hand, when I was working for a big transnational corporation, there was enough budget.

Having being working for a small startup for a while, I realized that resource constraint makes me think more than when the resource was enough.

When you have enough resource, you just use it to satisfy your demand.

But when you don't, you need to think a lot about how to achieve your goal.

I experienced this kinda situation when I was studying english abroad.

I did't have enough money to go to language school. So I had to think about how to learn English effectively without paying much money.

So I went to bars, bought a glass of beer and talked to random people. It was a good strategy. Language schools are full of non-english speakers but bars are full of native English speakers. I got to speak English with native English speakers every night.

Having less makes you think.

This is probably the biggest advantage of having less.