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	• Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less Sam Carpenter Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2009 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 64 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Systems Theory... Highly Applicable for Internet business owners

This is a fantastic read for any Internet business owner. The integration of systems theory and project managment mindset into business helps a business owner to have a clearer picture of what's going on.

Furthermore, the author's recount of his experience leading to that breakthrough moment is extremely insightful. It demostrates tremendous strength and spirit that any business owner can look up to - that spirit of NEVER GIVING UP, not backing down when the going gets too tough.

Systems theory, project management approach to business and documentation are the key takeaways for me. I've took a whole bunch of notes when reading and applied it to my Internet business. This is a must-read for every business owner. Period.

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Achieve your goals by managing your systems

Author and project engineer Sam Carpenter owns Centratel, a now-profitable telephone-answering company that spent 15 years barely surviving. When Carpenter was working 80-hour weeks struggling to make payroll, he was a basket case - nervous, tense and depressed. He got by on a lot of coffee and very little sleep. Then, he had a eureka moment. He suddenly grasped that many different systems directed his life and work. He saw that if he could control and perfect these systems, he could solve many complex issues. This realization changed his life. Now, Carpenter enjoys himself and works only a couple of hours weekly. He has time for everything he wants to do, and his business hums along. The refreshing thing about this book is Carpenter's personal perspective as a business owner who figured things out for himself. It's not just another volume reflecting the theoretical ideas of a management consultant or professor. Carpenter explains his systems-management approach so well that you can use his accessible methods to improve your operations and your personal life. getAbstract recommends this logical book to small-business owners and all those who want to improve the way they run their lives. The caveat: You have to get to work.

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Read it Twice

I appreciate authors who can effectively share a life changing experience that they've had and Sam has done just that. I was immediately attracted to the concept he describes but felt the book was a bit repetitive. In hindsight however, I would say that the repetition is needed to drive one closer to implementation of the ideas. They do you or your company no good stored as notes in a folder or ideas in the back of your mind..

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Integration of Lean, e-Myth and 7 Habits

Carpenter stays focused on the core of his message: a "systems perspective" realization that forever changed his way of thinking (and thus his life), and he argues, can change yours. Filled with his personal ways of remembering concepts, (like "point-of-sale thinking" and "Mechanical Prime Time") which may seem a bit quirky to some at times, the book is memorable and arguably accomplishes the goal of giving the reader a "systems perspective" on all of life.

It is in many ways a combination of Toyota Production System/Lean Methodology, Michael Gerber's e-Myth and Stephen Covey's "7 Habits." This is clear as one reads through the chapters, and is only stated by the author at the end of the book when he lets on to several of the writers that have influenced his thinking.

Worthwhile.

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Great information and method to improve my business and life

On my second reading now, and actually using the methods from the book to improve my business and hence my life. Sam is onto something here, and his book provides a usable method for organizing your company to achieve systematic improvement, and a sustainable management method. I am very much enjoying organizing, documenting and implementing the systems of my business so that I won't have to be there every minute of every day putting out the brush fires that inevitably happen.

Sam comes from a position of living proof of the success of his system, and I am on the trail to make my business self propelled. business.
Mike
Landscaper
Oregon

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Winner of the 2009 New York Book Festival's award for general non-fiction

Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less was originally self published in soft cover by the author in April 2008 and had modest distribution as it was sold only via the author's website. ''Work'' was picked up by Greenleaf Book Group in the Fall of 2008, thoroughly re-edited, and released to book stores in hard cover May 1, 2009.

Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less will guide you in streamlining the interlaced systems that drive every aspect of your work--and your life. The first key to freedom and wealth is to stand ''outside and slightly elevated'' from your business or job to see the sub-systems that compose it. Then the task is to, one by one, perfect each of these internal systems.

While providing exact direction for creating a culture of ''system improvement,'' the author interlaces his own story of moving from 100-hour workweeks to 2-hour workweeks, while multiplying his monthly income by a factor of 25. Through all this he was the single parent of two children.

The strength of the book lies in convincing the reader to ''get'' the systems-mindset. Then, it provides exact instruction for revitalizing an organization through fostering organizational efficiency, creating simple documentation and getting staff to enthusiastically ''climb on board.''

What Carpenter teaches is simple yet profound: Achieve a positive macro result by working on a micro level. You will learn how to analyze and refine your network of systems to maximize profit, create client loyalty, and develop autonomous employees who are passionately dedicated to the goals of the organization. The bonus: The strategies will help you dramatically improve your personal life while decreasing the stress of being overtaxed and disorganized. You will: Recognize the systems that are affecting your world and manipulate them into super-efficiency Maximize productivity when you know you're at your peak brain capacity Avoid the time-wasting imperfection of striving for perfection Pulling from his years of experience as the owner of a struggling business that he revitalized into the number one business in his industry, Carpenter offers profound and concise advice that will revolutionize the way you view your work and, indeed, how you live your life. Praise for Work the System: ''The best management book of the year. Follow Sam's path and your business will become orderly, disciplined, repeatable, and profitable.''
--Thomas Cox, founder of Cox Business Consulting

''What Sam Carpenter teaches in Work the System will revolutionize your work and your life!''
--Michael Jans, president, Insurance Profit Systems

''This book is a reality check for small business owners and department managers who are struggling.''
--Susan Solovic, CEO, SBTV.com

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