The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Today the network of relationships linking the human race to itself and to the rest of the biosphere is so complex that all aspects affect all others to an extraordinary degree.
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game.
First, never underestimate the power of inertia. Second, that power can be harnessed.
What looks like a people problem is often a situation problem.
Most business owners are running their business by the seat of their pants. What's needed is a system.
You will get more done in the next 90 days than most people get done in a year if you follow the EOS process.
We can't control systems or figure them out. But we can dance with them.
The least obvious part of the system, its function or purpose, is often the most crucial determinant of the system's behavior.
A system is more than the sum of its parts. It may exhibit adaptive, dynamic, goal-seeking, self-preserving, and sometimes evolutionary behavior.
