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Work the System™

The Simple Mechanics of
Making More and Working Less

Winner: “Best Non-fiction book of 2009”
New York Book Festival.

  Stop the chaos. Get control.

Sam Carpenter’s book, Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less, explores the simple mindset adjustment that will transform a life of long work hours and financial lack, into a life of freedom, wealth and peace....Read More

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Radio Interviews with Sam Carpenter

StartUp Nation - Part 1 - Los Angeles, CA

StartUp Nation - Part 2 - Los Angeles, CA

StartUp Nation - Part 3 - Los Angeles, CA

ESPN - 710 AM - Los Angeles, CA

JB - WKRC 550 AM, Talent Wins - Cincinnati, OH

OPB - Oregon Public Broadcasting - Portland, OR

KNBR 680 AM, Your Financial Life - San Francisco, CA

 

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  • Sam’s Essays

    • ►Personal Control
      • A Bull Rider's Life, Part 1 of 2
      • A Bull Rider's Life, Part 2 of 2
      • Caffeine, Part 1 of 3: Scratching the Itch
      • Caffeine, Part 2 of 3: Life Cold Turkey
      • Caffeine, Part 3 of 3: How to Quit
      • Learning How to Sleep
      • Measure Your Chassis
      • My Favorite Thing to Do
      • Reactionary
      • Rewire Your Brain
      • The Yearning
      • We're Not Building a Clock!
      • Your Relentless System Improvement
    • ►Business Control
      • Communication for the New Mobile Lifestyle
      • Drug Testing, Part 1 of 2: Why We Drug Test
      • Drug Testing, Part 2 of 2: How We Drug Test
      • Finding Great Employees, Part 1 of 2: The Ten Hoops
      • Finding Great Employees, Part 2 of 2: The Ten Hoops
      • First You Must See. Then You Can Act
      • My Favorite Thing to Do
      • Product Before Process
      • System Improvement
      • The Dispassionate Machine that has a Purpose
      • The Simple Tools of Control
      • We're Not Building a Clock!
      • Your Relentless System Improvement
    • ►Social Observations
      • A Questionable Method of Finding Peace
      • Deflation, Inflation and the Beast I Won’t Buy
      • Everybody's Talkin'
      • I Was There: The System (and Sub-systems) of Woodstock
      • Interview With a Capitalist
      • Parenting is a Job: The Systems Mindset Dissection
      • Rank is Nothing; Talent is Everything
      • Socialism & Capitalism: The Systems Mindset Dissection
      • The Defeat of Malaise
      • The Perfect Business
    • ►Getting It
      • Choose the Red Pill
      • Finding Freedom: A Chat with David and Seth
      • It’s Always About Control
      • Music is the Ultimate System
      • Observing the Family System
      • The Fabric of Our Lives
      • The Gates are Open
      • The Systems Mindset: Q&A, Part One
      • The Systems Mindset: Q&A, Part Two
      • The Yearning
      • Working the System: Learning to Take the Mechanical Perspective
      • Your Intuitive Leap is Imminent
  • Blogroll

    • ► Recommended
      • 2Time: Time Management 2.0
      • Arsenal
      • Ashleigh Brilliant
      • CEO Blog - Time Leadership
      • Communicatrix - Colleen Wainwright's Blog
      • Effective Executive
      • Gemba Panta Rei
      • Matthew Cornell
      • Muselife
      • Ray Edwards
      • Seth Hosko
      • The Life Design Project
      • Tiny Shiny Web Machine
  • Interviews/Videos

    SBTV Video Good Morning Central Oregon Interview with Kristi Miller
    Remindme Video Whackamole
  • Ashleigh Brilliant

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  • Testimonials

    'Work the system shows the reader how to look at their business, then teaches the reader, step by step, how to make our businesses more successful and less reliant on us (owners and management).

    -A. Gilbert, Louisville, KY

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