Gears are rotating machine parts with cut teeth, designed to connect to other toothed parts to create torque and speed. A gear is like a circular lever, working with other gears to gain control of forces and direct them in order to achieve goals.
Because gears are circular, they work in repeating cycles to get things done. This is akin to how small actions, like processes, habits and routines, can be repeated over time to get a long-term gain.
Gears don’t work on their own; they also have to be connected to other gears and mechanisms in the right way, in order to generate results.
Gears are not always a good thing. People sometimes say they feel like a cog in a machine, lost and insignificant in a vast bureaucracy.
Which repeating cycles (processes, habits and routines) have the potential to deliver long-term gains? Can they be connected and synchronized in such a way that they can deliver meaningful results?
See also: Flywheel, Virtuous cycle, Doom loop, Causal loops, Cycle, Leverage.
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