E+R=O isn’t just about creating great outcomes. It’s about preventing bad ones. Because sometimes the best outcome is the bad outcome that never happens.

Here you are. Reading this note today in the setting you’re in. In the context of your life at this moment, experiencing what you’re experiencing, wanting what you’re wanting, chasing what you’re chasing.

You want results. You want things in your life to go your way. We all do.

Yesterday, I wrote about getting “really disciplined and really good at the really simple” with E+R=O. Several of you asked a great follow-up question: “How do you actually build this into a system that works consistently?”

I’ve used E+R=O (Event + Response = Outcome) for 30 years. I’ve taught it for 20+ years in every industry all over the world. I’ve taught it to every age in almost every context and circumstance you can imagine.

Final thought this week:

People make the process of getting unstuck too complex. Too many factors. Too many calculations. Too many steps. As a result, they overthink and underexecute.

Before we move forward, let’s connect the points and principles we’ve addressed so far about not staying stuck when we feel stuck.

Want to know why people stay stuck for years? They demand answers before they start moving.