“Dissect each system into its most elemental components. In detail, in your working procedures, describe each on paper in a 1-2-3-4-step, checklist, or narrative format.

One system at a time and leaning hard toward stark simplicity, change sequences and add or delete steps as necessary. Add new systems as needed. Discard the ones holding things back. Experiment. Make each of your systems perfect.

As a mandatory part of this system-improvement process, document each tweak you make into the working procedure for the particular system.

Keep the updated working procedures in play and tend to them on a regular basis, inspecting and tweaking as necessary. Remember, system-improvement is not a random, when-I-find-the-time-to-do-it approach. It’s a methodology permanently imbedded within the structure of your business and your life.”

Excerpt From: Sam Carpenter. “Work the System.” Apple Books.

Review: Work the system - Sam Carpenter