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Publication Date, Third Edition: October 3, 2011(In August, 2014, Carpenter extensively revised the 4th printing of the 3rd edition)

Third Edition,guides the readerin modifying his or her fundamentalperception of the world, moving from an inaccuratevision of barely controlled chaos, to a more accurate one: that life is an orderly collection of individual linear systems each of which can be improved and perfected one at a time. The reader is guided through the process of ''getting'' this new vision, and then through the specifics of applying it viaCarpenter's"system improvement" methodology.

For start-ups ormultinationals, the methodology is simple, believable, and mechanical; not mystical or theoretical.Carpenter developed the "systems mindset" protocol in the business he purchased in 1984 and still owns today. With that company, he moved from an 80-100 hour workweek to a 2 hour workweek, while multiplying his income dozens of times over. He is CEO of an international business consulting firm,andseveral otherspin-offbusinesses, as well as an international non-profit,all of which areoperated in the same systems mindsetfashion. With a diverse background in engineering, construction and business management, publishing, telecommunications and journalism, he calls his approach a "workingman's philosophy." See .

will show thebusinessowner how to achieve a positive macro result by looking at business and work on a micro level; by analyzing and refiningthe separateinternal sub-systems, the systems that, added together, comprise the whole primary system business entity. Readers will learn how to "tweak" this "system of systems" in order to maximize profits, create client loyalty, and develop autonomous employees.

The strategies helpbusiness owners to quickly and dramatically improve performance as well asdecrease the stress of being overtaxed and disorganized, ultimately resulting in a substantially shorter work week and a much-improved bottom line. See testimonials of readers at workthesystem.com/testimonials.

In an unusual publishing arrangement, This adversely affects Amazon, NY Times, etc. book sales ratings but meets his objective of wide distribution. The book is also available in hard copy in multiple languages including Chinese, Russian, and Japanese.