**Have a documented Strategic Objective, Guiding Principles, and Working Procedures. Use them and improve them.** The entire message of the book [[Work the System]] boils down to 3 basic documents you need to make and use: 1. Strategic Objective - the Declaration of Independence A single-page [[Strategy Document]] describing the overall direction you want to take in your professional and personal life (see: [[What is a Strategy]]) 2. [[Guiding Principles]] - the Bill of Rights These are guidelines for decision making. 3. Working Procedures - the laws themselves These are a collection of protocols that detail how your life systems operate. These are your [[Standard Processes]]. 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. ![[assets/Untitled 66.png]] **** # More ## Source - [[Work the System]] ## Related - [[PARA Method]] - [[Value of General Operating Principles]] - [[Mission Statement]] - [[Standard Processes]] - [[Checklists]]