# Foundations

- [Business Schools Teach Business](/archive/field-notes/foundations/business-schools-teach-business.md): Field research teaches how to do business efficiently
- [The Success Mindset](/archive/field-notes/foundations/the-success-mindset.md): What Crossout Teaches About Focus and Performance
- [Getting Leadership Wrong](/archive/field-notes/foundations/getting-leadership-wrong.md): We've confused being nice with being effective
- [Standard Work](/archive/field-notes/foundations/standard-work.md): Same Person. Same Skillset. Different Result.
- [The Value of Proven Systems](/archive/field-notes/foundations/the-value-of-proven-systems.md): And Why People Ignore Them
- [Working On The Business](/archive/field-notes/foundations/working-on-the-business.md): When stepping away is the wrong move.
- [Efficiency: First Principles](/archive/field-notes/foundations/efficiency-first-principles.md): Efficiency is the absence of waste.
- [Why Piecework Fails in Painting](/archive/field-notes/foundations/why-piecework-fails-in-painting.md)