How to Be Good at Life

You don’t need more time. You need better systems.

“Read this book today to find your path to a better, more organized life.”

— Arthur C. Brooks, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

How to Be Good at Life

You don’t need more time. You need better systems.

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“Read this book today to find your path to a better, more organized life.”

— Arthur C. Brooks, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

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“Tired of procrastination and living below your potential? The solution is here, in Ben Meer’s readable and practical How to Be Good at Life. Read this book today to find your path to a better, more organized life.”

Arthur C. Brooks

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Meaning of Your Life

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“We like to think success comes from discipline, but more often it comes from the systems we build. This book is a practical guide to designing the life you actually want.”

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“In a world obsessed with goals, How to Be Good at Life offers a practical and refreshingly clear approach to designing your life with intention. Ben Meer shows how systems can help us learn, adapt, and make meaningful progress without mindlessly pushing harder.”

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“A hyper-practical guide on systems and frameworks to help you control the controllables and navigate the chaos of life. This book should be mandatory reading in college. I wish I’d had this book when I was younger.”

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A Proven Method
For Building Life Systems

Most people don’t need more inspiration. They need infrastructure.

At the center of How to Be Good at Life is the DRIVE Method, a simple five-step process for designing systems in any area of life.

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Arrow
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Arrow
Implement
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Validate
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Evolve

DRIVE shows you how to build repeatable systems that make progress inevitable.

What's Inside the Book

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Go beyond habits with the full
system toolkit: habits, checklists,
and projects

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Turn big goals into systems—for
money, career, health—you name it

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Organize your life using the

7 Life Engines framework
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Use the System Sunday weekly
ritual to keep your life running
smoothly

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Access 30+ plug-and-play
systems you can implement
immediately

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Learn the hidden systems behind
Seinfeld, Serena Williams, Beyoncé,
Hans Zimmer, and more

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About
The Author

Ben Meer is a writer, speaker, and coach known as “The Systems Guy” (Forbes). His weekly newsletter, System Sunday, reaches more than 250,000 subscribers, and his ideas on productivity and systems thinking have built a social media following of over two million.

After receiving his MBA from Cornell University and advising Fortune 500 companies at Ernst & Young, Ben discovered that the same systems driving business growth could make everyday life easier.

He lives in Miami Beach with his fiancée, Jade Bonacolta.

About
The Author

Ben Meer
How to Be Good at Life

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