Company Of One With Dale Callahan

Are you in system thinking? Can you act outside the system? The system is the machine. It is the set of common thinking that becomes so normal that to go outside of it causes you to be weird. It is a trap, and most of us are in the trap. Here is how to get out.Click to listenSigns of System ThinkingHere are system thinking ideas that I often hear and know not to be true.- You expect your children to complete 12 grades of school before they do …..- Your kids (or you) need college to survive today.- You cannot raise your salary much since you work for a large company.- You cannot raise your salary much since you work for a small company.- It takes four years to get an undergrad degree.- It takes 5+ years to get a PhD.- You have to have debt to pay for school.- Some things that just cannot be done.These are examples about common thinking. They are about group think. They are about bureaucracy. They are about the system.The system defines us. Not because it has to, but because it is the easiest thing to do. Somet