The Eight Core Competencies for Making Systems Structures Work

We have a tendency to make systems more complicated than they need to be either for our kids, or for us to manage them. So the first one is keep it simple and flexible. There has to be some wiggle room, some movement in it. You don't want it to be so rigid that it's going to break or fall. The goal is not the structure, the structure is a means to an end so have some flexibility so that it works in your life.