Work the System (Fourth Edition)

The Simple Mechanics of Making More and Working Less

By: Sam Carpenter

Narrated by: Sam Carpenter

A simple mindset tweak will change your life.

It started with a midnight insight. After a 15-year nightmare of coping with his struggling business, Sam Carpenter discovered and then developed a simple methodology that knocked his routine 80-hour workweek down to zero, while multiplying his net income by a factor of 100. Now, in 2021, here’s his best-selling business book, revised yet again, showing how you too can instantly break free to build the business and life of your dreams.

In this fourth edition of Work the System, Carpenter reveals the profound insight and exact uncomplicated, mechanical steps he took to turn his business - and his life - around. Once you “get” this new vision, success and serenity will come quickly. You will learn to:

• Make a simple perception adjustment that will change your life forever.
• See your world as a logical collection of linear systems that you can control.
• Manage the systems that produce results in your business and your life.
• Stop fire killing and become a fire-control specialist.
• Maximize profit, create client loyalty, and develop enthusiastic employees.
• Identify insidious “errors of omission.”
• Maximize your biological and mechanical “prime time” so that you are working at optimum efficiency.
• Design the life you want - and then, in the real world, create it!

You can keep doing what you’ve always done and continue getting unsatisfactory results. Or you can find the peace and freedom you’ve always wanted by transforming your businesses or corporate department into a finely tuned machine that runs smoothly and profitably on autopilot.

©2021 Sam Carpenter, Josh Fonger (P)2021 Greenleaf Book Group

Mid review. Where we going?

I’m nearing the end of chapter 4 and all I know is that Sam overcame adversity and used “systems” and “sub systems” to fix things… No details on what these look like yet.

Someone rewrite this for a generation that requires less foreplay.

Great book despite slow start

Thoroughly enjoyed this book however I got a bit bored in the beginning when the introduction took forever! It delivers just before the end and is worth reading for anyone who read emyth.

I wasn't impressee.

I get his point, but it dragged on too long for me to stay interested. instead of being straightforward, he beat around the bush in a way. It was just too stretched out to stay interested. A lot of people recommend this book, but it's not for me.

Game Changer.

I was referred to this book by another business friend. Before I buy any audiobook, I always look at the negative reviews. I was concerned when I read the negative reviews for this, but decided to do it anyway. I’m so glad I did.

For context, I’m the CEO of a company that has been independently voted top in the world 4x in a row for the last 4 years in our industry. I’m always looking for new insights and read business books daily. I pay for a high-end EOS consultant to help us with Traction. I pay for Strategic Coach and actively use the program. I’ve also been a finalist in the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year. I share all that info because I have had a lot of exposure to business tools and thinking.

This book is a game changer. The information is not new, BUT the presentation of it is outstanding. It will make you realize how important it is to get your business systems set up right… enough realization to actually make the changes and get it done. And that’s where change happens. I bought this for my leadership team. We’re taking things to the next level.

I highly recommend this book if you want to play the game of business and win. Game on!!! By the way, the audio version is my favorite way to “read” this book.

Great value, slow rolling

The book had a great point and I love the systems based mentality. however it was very slow moving to get to the point. it seemed at some points that there was a stretch for word count. The book has a great value though for pounding the importance for great systems and that alone is worth the 5 star