May 21, 2025

Systems are vehicles

A useful analogy to put systems in perspective

What kind of system you build determines how far and fast your business goes, just like vehicles. Depending on where and how fast you want to go, you need to choose an appropriate vehicle.

If you want to go off the road, you need a 4×4 with locking diffs. If you want to go fast on smooth roads, you need a supercar. If you want to go to space, you need a rocket.

Similarly, in business, you can either spend a lot of time trying to hack up a system, or just try to use a ready made software. Or, you can go about building your systems systematically. That means, you build it in a way that is most optimal for your business, in its current stage.

So, it’s upto you to decide how you want your ride (pun intended).