> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations.md).

# Foundations

- [Business Schools Teach Business](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations/business-schools-teach-business.md): Field research teaches how to do business efficiently
- [The Success Mindset](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations/the-success-mindset.md): What Crossout Teaches About Focus and Performance
- [Getting Leadership Wrong](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations/getting-leadership-wrong.md): We've confused being nice with being effective
- [Standard Work](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations/standard-work.md): Same Person. Same Skillset. Different Result.
- [The Value of Proven Systems](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations/the-value-of-proven-systems.md): And Why People Ignore Them
- [Working On The Business](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations/working-on-the-business.md): When stepping away is the wrong move.
- [The Contractor Prison Myth](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations/the-contractor-prison-myth.md): Contractor prison isn’t a symptom of business ownership; it’s a symptom of inefficiency.
- [The Hierarchy of Data](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations/the-hierarchy-of-data.md): Why You Can’t Measure Randomness
- [The Measurement-Tracking Framework](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations/the-measurement-tracking-framework.md): Why You Can't Measure Randomness
- [Efficiency: First Principles](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations/efficiency-first-principles.md): Efficiency is the absence of waste.
- [Why Piecework Fails in Painting](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations/why-piecework-fails-in-painting.md)
- [Pauhl's Law](https://jackpauhl.gitbook.io/archive/field-notes/foundations/pauhls-law.md): The painting business is more difficult than it needs to be.