The podcast discusses the importance of working procedures in transforming businesses from chaos to control and profitability. It highlights empowering employees, determining critical processes for documented procedures, and striking a balance between systemization and flexibility. The conversation emphasizes avoiding the

Tired of playing Whac-a-Mole with todo lists that never seem to get any shorter? Today’s author says the real problem is our broken systems that consistently produce frustrating results. Join Joe & Mike as they embark on a journey to change their perspective and apply the systems mindset to their own lives. Links Support the Show iMac Mac Mini OWC Thunderbolt Dock How to Run Multiple Monitors From an M1 Mac Mini Stream Deck MixPre-3 Audient iD4 Canon EOS 70D GoodNotes Bookworm #115: A World Without Email Trello Work the System (PDF) Work the System by Sam Carpenter Bookworm #109: Bowling Alone The Systems Mindset (PDF) The Systems Mindset by Sam Carpenter Bookworm #38: Mindset Bookworm #80: Principles Scaling Up by Verne Harnish Bookworm #73: The 4-Hour Workweek Bookworm #16: The Checklist Manifesto Basecamp Faith-Based Productivity Bookworm #1: Getting Things Done Bookworm #7: Deep Work Bookworm #58: Scrum Effortless by Greg McKeown Bookworm #5: Essentialism The Now Habit by Neil Fiore Your World-Class Assistant by Michael Hyatt Bookworm #63: Atomic Habits Bookworm YouTube channel Join the Club Recommend a Book Book List Leave a Review Mike's Rating: 4.0Cory's Rating: 3.5

Are you an entrepreneur or a manager, and you feel like every day at work you're just putting out fires? Or in your personal life, you go home and it's just crisis after crisis that needs fixing. And so you try to manage this trouble-shooting by getting more efficient at putting out those fires. What if the real answer though is not greater efficiency, but instead a way of looking at your life as a series of systems? That's what today's guest, Sam Carpenter, argues. On the show we talk about his book, Work the System, and how everyone can benefit from systemizing their work and life.