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| The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson |
Since starting my new business last year, personal
development has been a giant part of my journey. Within the beginning, i
believed to myself ‘personal development – what do i want to develop?
But then i spotted that the more you study yourself,
the more you'll be able to grow your business. My team always recommends great
reading to each other. It’s one among my daily goals to read 10 pages of a
decent self-improvement book on a daily basis to expand my knowledge and skills
as a front-runner and entrepreneur.
So after I was asked for ‘a book that changed my
life’, plenty of personal development books came to mind. But one really stood
out – the Slight Edge. The slight edge goes that small bit further than
everyone else – pushing yourself to try to small things a day, that when compounded,
make a huge difference.
The slight edge has that one extra little bit of
enthusiasm or dedication that creates you stands out above the remainder. The
slight edge is sensible to me in business and in life. Understanding the slight
edge can assist you to require your business to the highest. It also can make a
difference to your health, family life and relationships. Read on to seek out
how slight edge changed my life, and the way it can change yours!
What is the Slight Edge?
The ‘slight edge’ is a business concept developed by
Jeff Olson. The theory is that all the small things you do on a daily basis add
up to big successes. These small things could include simply making a business
phone call, reading 10 pages of a book or visualization. It is always easier
not to do them, but when you do them consistently, they all add up with amazing
results. Will one business phone call have a massive impact on our businesses?
Probably not. Will a phone call every day for a year make a massive impact on
our business? Absolutely!
Simple productive actions, repeated
consistently over time. That in a nutshell is the slight edge. Let me explain
what this means. The slight edge shows us that little steps compounded over
time do make a difference. Things you do every day, the things that don't look
dramatic, that don't even look like they matter, do matter. They not only make
a difference - they make ALL the difference.
If you had a choice between going for
a 20 minute walk or watching TV for 20 minutes. What would you choose? I mean
it's not like it matters right? And you're right. That 20 minute walk won't
suddenly make you healthy and mindlessly watching TV for 20 minutes won't ruin
your life. So you might be thinking that it doesn't really matter what you do. But
that simple decision is all that matters. Because in a year, you'll be the
result of your every little decision compounded. That means that every single
little decision you make is important. When you want to watch TV today or
tomorrow, you can make a choice to go for a short walk. Anyone can do that. But
what is easy to do, is also easy not to do. You won't be any healthier or fit
the next day, if you go for that walk. But what about a year from now? Three
years? What if every time you felt like watching TV you took that walk instead,
what do you think would happen in a span of three years? You would definitely
see the difference.
Harness the 5 Sources of Power
1. Momentum
Stay in motion, give yourself time
2. Completion
Complete your list of in-completions
Repeat the right actions until they become
4. Automatic
Reflection Reflect daily for constant improvement
5. Celebration
Celebrate each successful choice you make
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| The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson -The 5 sources of power |
So if you wake up one morning, look in
the mirror and see how fat you are, don't put the blame on anyone but yourself.
The choices you made were compounded over time and brought you there. You don't
become fat by accident, neither do you become fit. Most people are waiting for
that quantum leap. They are waiting for the day when they wake up as a
completely different person. But that day won't come if you don't change the
small steps you take every single day. So while anyone could do these
successful actions, most won't, simply because it's so easy to skip them. People
don't do the little things that add up to success, because at first they don't add
up to success. And that's the problem. The things that create success in the
long run don't look like they're having any impact at all in the short run.
Let me give you another example. Imagine
reading 10 pages of a book a day. It's easy to do, anyone can do it. But it's
also easy not to do and ignore it. You're not going to wake up tomorrow and
suddenly become super intelligent if you just read those few pages. But what if
you read 10 pages a day for a year? That is 3650 pages or about 15 books. Just
think about how your life will change if you read that many good books. This is
how you become better than yesterday.
By making these small, but smarter
choices every single day. So choose to prepare a salad instead of eating from
McDonald's, hit the gym instead of zoning out in front of your computer, and
read those 10 pages every single day. You are where you are today, because of
the little choices your made in your life so far. And remember the slight edge
cuts both ways. Used productively, it carries you up toward success. Used
carelessly, it pulls you down toward failure. The choice is yours.
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