Take a deep breath, and gaze upon the tangled web of legacy code. Count the countless bugs, the redundant features, and the 'solved' problems that only made things worse.
Hire a team of experienced, yet burnt-out developers who will question every decision, every code review, and every 'good idea' that got us here.
Continue to Step 3: The Unnecessary Complexity, where we will delve into the depths of over-engineering and redundant functionality.