Or to use another sports cliché, as Wayne Gretzky may have said, “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” Why Wayne? Why do you skate to where the puck is going? Can you explain your deep philosophical system? By the time we finished asking that question, Wayne would already be gone, to where the puck is going next. There

What is the current system?

I slowed down and marinated in her response. Slowing down is one of my favorite systems so that I don’t go with my initial reaction. I don’t want to fool myself. Instead of reacting, I want to create.

“The system didn’t work, or you didn’t work the system?”

The first step is identifying—clearly and accurately—the system that is currently in place. The one that isn’t working.

Is it working?

system skips all that mind stuff. It moves you immediately into that magical place where all positive growth happens: a place called practice.

When my clients became willing to try the system of having an inspiring morning ritual, they were amazed at how it changed their experience of life. I noticed that they didn’t have to first change their “mindset,” personality or character to have this happen. Their new system took care of that.

don’t have to “solve” for any lack. I just get back on the wall and the learning continues. In the paradigm of systems, that is always an option. It’s not personal. Life is always flowing.