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Success through Super Systems- A Single Dynamic to Steer You through Your Life’s Decisions
We cannot decide situations and events that crop up in our life but certainly the response to any situation is only and firmly in our hands. Armed with the concept of appropriate Super Systems for any role, we are able to give the most fitting response and thus we become effective, successful and happy.
This book helps us in finding whether we are taking the right or wrong decision at the right time- however simple or complex the decision may be and whatever field the decision may belong to, just at the time we are taking any decision, both in our official and personal lives. As such this book is as much for management professionals, government administrators, politicians and students, and for the common man.
I hope the concepts outlined in the book concerning Super Systems gives a clarity that is otherwise difficult to get, when we are in a difficult, confused or delicate situation in life, when we have to do a certain thing with guts but not with just blind guts. The confusion arises because of the conflict on our mind between right and wrong, good and bad and indeed any two opposites that are always there. Instead of becoming a slave to one of the opposites and get confused and paralyzed, we are able to come to a firm and clear decision and action, thus producing a telling effect or result. The result is success and the ensuing happiness. This approach combined with the approach of making our mind comfortable with any two given opposites that my previous book ‘Success through Opposites’ propagates and makes feasible with vaccinating our mind, make us very effective indeed in any role we play with the resulting success and happiness.
The concept of Super Systems gives a clear thinking on what is right and what is wrong in navigating in today’s life. The book proves that it is easy to be good, not difficult to be good even in today’s world and yet we can be effective, successful and happy by following the concept of super system.
The concept of Super Systems essentially re-engineers our thinking process and enables us to look at the total rather than just one subsystem and to arrive at the optimum of the total system rather than just one sub-system involved in a given role. The book prevents us from falling into the trap of just optimizing one sub-system at the cost of the total system, be it management of corporations, institutions and indeed nations. The re-engineered thinking process results in making apparent complexities simple and enables us to come out with creative simple but brilliant solutions to problems that are easy to implement and monitor- in any role we are called upon to play in official and personal lives.
The book gives examples of right and wrong Super Systems for roles in life and the consequences of choosing them. The book gives lucid examples from the fields of Management of organizations and nations, politics, and family. The book also gives examples from the great epic of India, the Mahabharat. The book gives methods to change the wrong Super Systems in our mind put by us advertently or inadvertently based on our upbringing, education or experience and replaces them with the right ones. The book talks about the harmful effects of ‘I’ as the Super System in our mind, the beneficial effects of the opposite of ‘I’ as the Super System, and the critical importance of having the external customer as the Super System for management, governance and family on our mind.
The book also lists the uses of Super Systems in our lives –both official and personal. The concept of SS gives direction and a single point focus as we play the roles that we may be called upon to play in our lives. The Super System gives core purpose and core values to both our personal and official lives. Super Systems help us to take better quality decisions.
This book helps us in finding whether we are taking the right or wrong decision at the right time- however simple or complex the decision may be and whatever field the decision may belong to, just at the time we are taking any decision, both in our official and personal lives. As such this book is as much for management professionals, government administrators, politicians and students, and for the common man.
I hope the concepts outlined in the book concerning Super Systems gives a clarity that is otherwise difficult to get, when we are in a difficult, confused or delicate situation in life, when we have to do a certain thing with guts but not with just blind guts. The confusion arises because of the conflict on our mind between right and wrong, good and bad and indeed any two opposites that are always there. Instead of becoming a slave to one of the opposites and get confused and paralyzed, we are able to come to a firm and clear decision and action, thus producing a telling effect or result. The result is success and the ensuing happiness. This approach combined with the approach of making our mind comfortable with any two given opposites that my previous book ‘Success through Opposites’ propagates and makes feasible with vaccinating our mind, make us very effective indeed in any role we play with the resulting success and happiness.
The concept of Super Systems gives a clear thinking on what is right and what is wrong in navigating in today’s life. The book proves that it is easy to be good, not difficult to be good even in today’s world and yet we can be effective, successful and happy by following the concept of super system.
The concept of Super Systems essentially re-engineers our thinking process and enables us to look at the total rather than just one subsystem and to arrive at the optimum of the total system rather than just one sub-system involved in a given role. The book prevents us from falling into the trap of just optimizing one sub-system at the cost of the total system, be it management of corporations, institutions and indeed nations. The re-engineered thinking process results in making apparent complexities simple and enables us to come out with creative simple but brilliant solutions to problems that are easy to implement and monitor- in any role we are called upon to play in official and personal lives.
The book gives examples of right and wrong Super Systems for roles in life and the consequences of choosing them. The book gives lucid examples from the fields of Management of organizations and nations, politics, and family. The book also gives examples from the great epic of India, the Mahabharat. The book gives methods to change the wrong Super Systems in our mind put by us advertently or inadvertently based on our upbringing, education or experience and replaces them with the right ones. The book talks about the harmful effects of ‘I’ as the Super System in our mind, the beneficial effects of the opposite of ‘I’ as the Super System, and the critical importance of having the external customer as the Super System for management, governance and family on our mind.
The book also lists the uses of Super Systems in our lives –both official and personal. The concept of SS gives direction and a single point focus as we play the roles that we may be called upon to play in our lives. The Super System gives core purpose and core values to both our personal and official lives. Super Systems help us to take better quality decisions.
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December 24, 2015
Success Through Super Systems: A Single Dynamic To Steer You Through Your Life’s Decisions comes from a veteran management consultant who has worked with companies throughout India, creating and applying products and management approaches for various companies. His survey of success opens with reflections on what constitutes success and how to measure it, creating a foundation for analytical applications before moving on to identify the basics of 'super systems', identified here as systems between businesses and customers and the kinds of verifications that take place between them.
Communication models for improving self-awareness, identifying and understanding the latent powers in the 'Hidden Self' and how to use them, and taking R&D and other linear management approaches and tempering and improving them with a healthy dose of psychological insight are just a few of the approaches used in Success Through Super Systems, a model of thought that requires more than a small dose of psychological introspection from the business managers while considering its special attributes.
Quest Systems has developed a wide range of these models and applications and their philosophy is embedded in chapters that are as precise about their potential as they are about the common pitfalls of typical business approaches. The tips also incorporate spiritual reflection and discussions of how to overcome obstacles to success on different levels.
From perceived values and preferred values to examples drawn from Indian literature, spirituality, and business traditions, Success Through Super Systems outlines an approach that considers the roots of success and failure in a variety of systems and encourages a fluid understanding of how to identify the correct 'Super System' for a particular role or goal.
The reader who will gain the most value from Success Through Super Systems won't be the business manager used to linear thinking and problem-solving, but those who can appreciate the added value brought to the table by a blend of psychology, spirituality, and cultural understanding. This is a text that should not be hastily digested, but slowly absorbed for its ability to offer lasting food for thought and discussions of not a single system, but a variety of 'super system' options. The dynamic promised may seem singular at first; but its wide-ranging concepts strive for clearer thinking and include examples for both business and life pursuits in a complex, thought-provoking read filled with powerful opportunities for change.
Communication models for improving self-awareness, identifying and understanding the latent powers in the 'Hidden Self' and how to use them, and taking R&D and other linear management approaches and tempering and improving them with a healthy dose of psychological insight are just a few of the approaches used in Success Through Super Systems, a model of thought that requires more than a small dose of psychological introspection from the business managers while considering its special attributes.
Quest Systems has developed a wide range of these models and applications and their philosophy is embedded in chapters that are as precise about their potential as they are about the common pitfalls of typical business approaches. The tips also incorporate spiritual reflection and discussions of how to overcome obstacles to success on different levels.
From perceived values and preferred values to examples drawn from Indian literature, spirituality, and business traditions, Success Through Super Systems outlines an approach that considers the roots of success and failure in a variety of systems and encourages a fluid understanding of how to identify the correct 'Super System' for a particular role or goal.
The reader who will gain the most value from Success Through Super Systems won't be the business manager used to linear thinking and problem-solving, but those who can appreciate the added value brought to the table by a blend of psychology, spirituality, and cultural understanding. This is a text that should not be hastily digested, but slowly absorbed for its ability to offer lasting food for thought and discussions of not a single system, but a variety of 'super system' options. The dynamic promised may seem singular at first; but its wide-ranging concepts strive for clearer thinking and include examples for both business and life pursuits in a complex, thought-provoking read filled with powerful opportunities for change.
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