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Focus on Systems Instead of Goals

Focus on Systems Instead of Goals

Most goals are out of our control. We have limited control to reach them. In a system, your focus is on all the parts that you do control. And system is a fancy word for “repeatable process”.

For example: running a marathon is a goal, running 4 days a week for 30 minutes is a repeatable process.

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