The Slight Edge

How the Slight Edge works

Living the Slight Edge

The beach bum & the millionaire

The first ingredient

The choice

The secret of the penny

Someday

Your decisions matters. Things are easy to do and easy not to do. Small consistent actions over a longer period of time changes things. The process is plant your seeds, cultivate & then harvest.

Simple little decision, simple little disciplines compounded over time.

Positive Philosophy, good attitude, positive decisions, positive results, positive lifestyle

Simple little things everyday, simple actions everyday compounded over time

Good knowledge leads to good decisions. Knowledge up anxiety down.

Convert learned knowledge into actions. Combine learned knowledge n activity knowledge.

Take responsibility of decision you have made, instead of blaming others.

Food example, reading books example compounded over time will change things.

The water hycinth

It doubles by itself, you will see it covering the pond in a month

Easy to give, but never runs out - Love
Easy to give but not always easy to have - Money
Impossible to give, can only be gained - Knowledge

The Slight Edge

What choices we make matters

How to do something is already available

Change your thinking, change your philosophy

consistently doing something is important

positive philosophy, positive attitude, positive actions, positive results, positive lifestyle

Do to get power rather than asking for power first and then to do something

The small things you do everyday matters compounded over time

The secret of easy things

simple things which are easy to do & easy not to do

Yearly total number of hours we have, how we utilize it, what actions we take

The slight edge is always working for you or against you

The simple positive action repeated over time or simple error of of judgement repeated over time, compounded over time will make a difference

Start late, finish rich book

Eating a cheese burger now will not kill you, but will kill you over time, so have a health goals

The secret of time

Things build over time - patience is the key

The process: Plant, cultivate, harvest

We dont follow process, we want things right now

Gym - steroids, drugs
Money - play lottery

The most valuable gift you always have is - choice

a tiny beginning is important

start with a penny

1/3 of a percent example

A millionaire next door book

Two life paths

A curve either up or down

Success curve or failure curve

People on success curve take full responsibility, failure curve blame others

Mastering your life

Faces of Slight Edge

continuous improvement, learning, refinement

baby steps example

all babies are successful, they dont fail
they crawl till they walk, they dont give up

you steps off the path to masrtery

initially the curves travel near to each other and then separates

funeral - 10% cry, 50% leave the burriel if it rains, so dont be concerned about people n there thinking

Harness the power of momentum

steady wins the race

harness the power of completion

finish your unfinished projects and promises,
they are taking you to the past

finish the tasks one at a time

harness the power of habit

harness the power of reflection

being busy means not being productive

doing the right things create success

accountability of the things you do, bookkeeping what you did

harness the power of celebration

  1. Mastering Yourself

Invest time in your own personal development

Sharpening the axe, where to cut, angle, strength etc.

dont focus on results, results come last, focus on action, result will be guidance for sub-sequent actions

continuous learning

deciding is not doing, taking the first step & continue it is important

plan, do, review

Learn from the mentors, see what people of that field did or already doing, learn from them

  1. Turnig your dreams into reality

make it specific

go through it everyday

Write down the goal

give it a deadline

Write down 5 dreams

Write specifics about those dreams

Write a deadline for all the dreams

Plan it

plan, do, review

  1. Living the slight edge

Health goals

exercise for half an hour

Personal development

read 10 pages of a good book everyday

listen to audiobook - 15 min a day

Relationship

Finantials

Life