Work the System - a book by Sam Carpenter

“The photo on the cover was taken while my husband, Sam, and I waited for a train in the small seaside town of Monterosso, Italy. It was the end of yet another trip made possible because Sam’s business was churning away back home, affording us two luxuries – the financial ability to take the trip, and the serenity of knowing that all was well in our absence.

It wasn’t always so. In his book, Sam takes you on his journey from endless, chaotic workweeks to this calm scene of us on a bench in Italy – a moment that is a metaphor for our life as it is now. His story is inspiring, but it’s more than that. It’s a real-world, how-to guide for anyone trying to find their way to the same metaphorical moment.”   - Linda Carpenter

Sam Carpenter never really understood the old adage, "work smarter, not harder." Now, he lives by it.

Eight years ago, after two decades of grim struggle in his business and personal life, Sam had a late-night epiphany. Five days before he was going to miss a payroll for the first time, and ultimately lose his business, he realized that his life and business problems did not require blanket, "holistic," solutions such as the perfect employee or yet another bank loan. He saw that the primary systems in his life and business are made up of linear "sub-systems" that can be isolated and then perfected one at a time.

Suddenly, the struggle, complexity and unpredictability of running his telecom business began to dissolve. His 80- to 100-hour workweeks were reduced to a mere 2 hours; his personal income multiplied more than 10 times; his walking-dead physical body turned into one of robust health; and he founded an international charitable organization. Simultaneously, Centratel became the highest quality answering service in the United States.

For small business owners, corporate ladder-climbers, and nine-to-fivers, this is a boots-on-the-ground blueprint for breaking free. There’s nothing mystical here; no feel-good, unsupportable theories of reality that offer little more than immediate comfort. The Work the System method provides simple and dispassionate direction for finding freedom and wealth in the world you now inhabit.

It's a roadmap to success you never imagined.