Focus On System Not Just Goals

Most goals are out of our control. Our focus should be on systems rather than goals. In a system (repeatable process), your focus is on all the parts that you do control.

Reward effort instead of achievement: small gains compound over time.

• 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...

Goals are good for establishing a direction, but systems are best for making progress.

Goals are about the results you hope to reach. Systems are about the mechanisms that lead to those results.