Work the System - Sam Carpenter

the difference between happiness and unhappiness

Unhappy people are not in control of their lives because they spend their days coping with the random bad results of unmanaged systems. Happy people are in control of their lives, spending their days enjoying the intentional good results of managed systems.

a life's mechanical functioning is a result of the systems that...

compose it.

business is the sum of the total of the efficient and inefficient processes that...

compose it.

There is a direct connection between happiness and the amount of...

control we attain.

death of a business comes from a thousand small...

cuts (relentless inefficiencies and their toxic offspring, fire killing and distraction).

three things to consider when forming or getting into a business?

does it intrigue you can it generate passive income can revenues be recurring

by perfecting your individual systems one by one order and peace will accumulate...

incrementally.

preventative systems

systems that provide consequences for bad behavior, these systems are intended to halt problems before they occur.

10% of the western world are alcoholics, 70% drink copious amounts of caffeine, 25% are addicted to tobacco, and 10% take antidepressants...throw in mix of illegal substance and that makes around 98%

the endless loop of people looking for mood adjustments

My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.

—Patricia (Meg Ryan) from the movie Joe Versus the Volcano

in the words of the immortal "The Fixx"...

"one thing, one thing, leads to another..."