CALL ME TRIMTAB
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Fuller uses the metaphor of a trimtab to describe how small individual actions can steer large systems.
- In plain terms
- Small actions can steer big systems.
- What can you take from it?
- Act as a small lever for big change.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can you be a trimtab?
- What small action makes a big difference?
Another view
A single trimtab cannot steer a ship alone without a system to act upon.
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