The 11 Laws of The Fifth Discipline
- Today's problems come from yesterday's "solutions."
- The harder you push, the harder the system pushes back.
- Behavior grows better before it grows worse.
- The easy way out usually leads back in.
- The cure can be worse than the disease.
- Faster is slower.
- Cause and effect are not closely related in time and space.
- Small changes can produce big results...but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious.
- You can have your cake and eat it too ---but not all at once.
- Dividing an elephant in half does not produce two small elephants.
- There is no blame.
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