Components

One level below mechanisms: the physical or procedural parts a mechanism is assembled from. Ask what pieces have to exist for the mechanism to run at all. Pieces are things you buy, install, or schedule, not outcomes you want.

One level below mechanisms: the physical or procedural parts a mechanism is assembled from. Ask what pieces have to exist for the mechanism to run at all. Pieces are things you buy, install, or schedule, not outcomes you want.

Example

The mechanism "wake up earlier" breaks into components: a 10 p.m. phone cutoff, blackout curtains, an alarm across the room, and a coffee maker on a timer. Naming them shows that "wake up earlier" was never comparable to "meaning."