The System

• Goals are about the results you want to achieve.
• Systems are about the processes that lead to those results.
• Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
• The purpose of setting goals is to win the game.
• The purpose of build...

Self-disciplined people have a knack for staying focused on effort and ignoring outcomes.

Self-disciplined people are able to make consistent progress toward their goals precisely because they don’t spend much time thinking about them.

Spending too ...

Goals are results you want to achieve. The system is a process that leads to those results. Goals are good for setting direction, but systems are best for making progress.

To see the progress of an outcome you are left chasing, you need to change the system behind it. You fix inputs and the...