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> "Tell me how you measure me and I will tell you how I behave."
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> *~ Eliyahu M. Goldratt,* The Haystack Syndrome *(1990)*

> "A system's constraint is not a malfunction — it is the thing that determines what the system can do."
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> *~ paraphrase of Goldratt's repeated framing across* The Goal *(1984) and his recorded lectures*

> "Inherent simplicity: complex systems are governed by very few elements, and finding those elements is both possible and worth the effort."
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> *~ Eliyahu M. Goldratt,* The Choice *(2008)*

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