Do Your Best Work… By Creating Systems That Fit You

What is a System? — And Why This Works For Non “Type A’s”

A system is a word that is thrown around a ton. “I need to create my system” is a funny phrase that makes little sense.

A system by definition is just a way of doing things.

Now we can connect multiple ways of doing things together, to create a way of doing a bigger thing, but in a really, really simplistic model (because I’m a simplicity specialist for a reason.) It’s just the way we do things.

Systems are NOT what tools we use. If you design how you do things around a single app, you’re setting yourself up for failure. You’re making your life harder, The system I created for myself uses Notion as a vehicle, not as the system.

A common misconception I see is that people have to be Type A to be a systems thinker.

Do you get up in the morning, do you walk down the stairs and do you eat breakfast? This is what you do each morning, this is a system. You already do things a certain way. It’s about bringing it out into the forefront.

See an example system here:

Although this was a Notion Specific System… I designed it around what I do… the tool was the vehicle, nothing else!

Building a system is an odd way of describing “What you do” — do you build your breakfast routine? Do you build how you get out of bed in the morning?

Now if you’re a systems designer — probably yes, but for someone who doesn’t have that much time to think about it all — you just do it!

The best way to design your system — is to pay attention to what you already do.