These First Few Chapters

I am 80% through with writing this book. The process started last April and I have been routinely getting up early and knocking off a few hours of work before the morning news on TV, Linda's emergence from the bedroom and the dawn. It's these hours that I love the most; the luxury and the reward of this life I lead.

I took October off from writing while Linda and I traveled to Azad Kashmir for relief work. The details are on the Kashmir Family Aid website.

Last night, we snarffed a couple of hotdogs at Costco (our occasional and silly/fun routine) and then saw the movie Stranger than Fiction with Will Ferrell, Dustin Hoffman and Maggie Gyllengenhal. I think it could become  a cult hit, with some profound undertones about the reality of things. Joe and the Vocano (Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan) was like that. Light but important.

Here is more from the book, from the first chapter. I will keep pounding away and look forward to being finished while at the same time relishing the process. -sc

These First Few Chapters…

The first few chapters of this book are about two things.

First, they are preparation for the rest of the book. This engrossment with  preparation is exactly congruent with the overall message. The Work the System methodology is about preparation: preparation to ensure efficiency and to circumvent potential negative events.

And second, these first chapters are a bit subversive in that they are designed to convince you to perceive your world from a different angle: This is the “fundamental perception change” I’ve already mentioned. Once you “get it” the rest of the book will come easy. Learning new techniques and adding to your personal knowledge base are secondary. This is primarily about acquiring a new perspective on the mechanics of how things operate in the real, mechanical world. Once that perspective is internalized, the details of how to go about things comes naturally from within.

So this is all very simple but, yes, there is some work to do beyond reading these pages. Eliminating confusion and gaining control requires more than swallowing a pill or flipping a switch. That’s OK because my guess is that in your life the problem hasn’t been that you have been unwilling to work hard. But could it be that your dawn to dusk energies have been dissipated as you’ve coped with chaos? Could it be that there has been too much inefficiency in your life; that you have been spinning your wheels?

Ultimately, Work the System is about action, not reaction. Reaction is what one does when faced with chaos. Action is the root of gaining control; of reaching serenity, getting what you want and eliminating chaos altogether.

It’s time to drop the load, get some serious focus and begin to actively direct yourself toward the things that you really want in life.  Are you ready?