Summary

Most everyday problems appear to be unrelated events. In reality, they often share the same hidden structure. Many difficulties do not arise when we perform a task, but much earlier—at the moment when a new piece of information, a request, an obligation or an idea first enters our personal system. Once that entry has happened without structure, the resulting interruptions, misunderstandings and duplicated effort are often inevitable. Struction therefore begins neither with productivity techniques nor with better planning. It begins with learning to recognise where every process truly starts.