This book is aimed at people who haven't thought enough about life to realize this stuff themselves. The first part (literally Part, "The Mind Set" is the title of the part, pages 1 through 89) was both wholly unnecessary and, at times, very cringey for me.
<aside> 👉 First you work your systems. Then your systems do the work.
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This book claims that every in your life is really part of a system, and that knowledge is not common. It says that every result we care about in life is the result of mechanical operations of a system. That you can pull the parts of that system apart, improve them but by bit, and that will improve the whole. No duh.
Strategic Objective - the declaration of independence
A single-page document describing the overall direction you want to take in your professional and personal life
Operating Principles - the constitution
These are guidelines for decision making.
Working Procedures - the laws
Create a fireproof environment. These are a collection of protocols that detail how your life systems operate. 95% of them will follow a 1-2-3 step format. The other 5% may be narratives. These should be accessible by a layperson, unambiguous, and adhered to without deviation. IF there needs to be a deviation, the procedure itself should be altered, on the spot without fanfare. Make improvements and codify them into widely implemented best practices.
I aggressively skimmed this. Frankly I didn't like this book enough to really read it.