#systems and processes

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I was told today...

You are not here to fix everything. You are here to choose which systems are worthy of your repair skills

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One mode of failure is continually overlooking simple ideas while searching for a better way.

One mode of success is continually practicing simple ideas while searching for a better way. 20210512_0530

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In writing, it's critical to show (not tell). To ensure the former, try evoking the five senses.

Ex:

🚫 She did her laundry.

✅ She folded her satin pants, inhaling a mixture of orange blossoms & bleach. Suddenly, the sloshing inside the washing machine quieted. 20210512_0530

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Hardest part is the beginning.

It's easier to maintain the systems once built. 20210512_0449

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We often seek 'buy-in' as a part of the decision-making process. A better strategy would be to periodically get an 'alignment' on first principles. What is the key difference between Buy-in and Alignment anyway?

Buy-in means accepting a change because you agree with it.

We seek buy-in from the people around us all the time.

Alignment means arranging future actions in a predictable line.

We seek alignment with the people around us periodically.

Buy-in is complicated. It requires sensing, analyzing and responding to a single proposition.

Alignment is simple. It requires sensing, categorising, and responding to many propositions.

The key difference is between analyzing and categorizing.

By analyzing we work across different categories, assessing the possible outcomes of change. We accept decisions analytically.

By categorizing we work within a category, choosing not to analyze possible outcomes that don't fall within it. We reject decisions categorically.

Buy-in is a short term process with potentially knowable long term consequences. It can have good practices (strategically).

Alignment is a long term ongoing process with known short term consequences. It can have best practices (tactically).

Example of buy-in good practice: involving experts from various fields in the group decision-making process using systems thinking approach.

Example of alignment best practice: introducing a set of first principles and standard operating procedures.

Buy-in is best used in the complicated group decision-making process where cause-effect relationships are separated in time and space.

Alignment is best used in the simple group decision-making process where cause-effect relationships are perceivable, predictable and repeatable.

Practicing Buy-in; in decision-making, you analyze possible outcomes and try to visualize them in space and time. You ask yourself if the change is worth the risk? Do I agree with it? What do others think of it?

Practicing Alignment; once you have alignment on an issue, subsequent decisions are made categorically as you are 'aligned' and act in a way that produces perceivable, predictable and repeatable outcomes.

As Alignment produces known cause-effect relationships, it is often used as a meta decision-making tool, while Buy-in is there to fill in the gaps ad-hoc. If you find yourself seeking Buy-in all the time, periodically ask yourself, can I get an Alignment first?

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$200/month @ 8%

10 years: $36,589

20 years: $117,803

30 years: $298,071

40 years: $698,200

50 years: $1,586,344

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If you invest $500/month with an 8% average yield 💰

After 5 years, you’ll have: $36,738

After 10 years: $91,472

20 years: $294,510

30 years: $745,179

40 years: $1,745,502

50 years: $3,965,861

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