The Slight Edge

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The Slight Edge Philosophy Your philosophy is your view of life, something beyond feelings and attitudes. Your philosophy drives your attitudes and feelings, which drive your actions. By and large, people are looking in the wrong places. They are looking for a breakthrough, looking for that amazing “quantum leap”—the philosophy of the All we needed was to repeat the actions that got us out of the failure zone, until we reached the desired success. If you like more hard core motivation it's got that too. "You want a miracle, be the miracle", "Greatness is always in the moment of the decision". A positive philosophy turns into a positive attitude, which turns into positive actions, which turn into positive results, which turn into a positive lifestyle. A negative philosophy turns into a negative attitude, which turns into negative actions, which turn into negative results, which turn into a negative lifestyle.

Oh come on” you protest… Give us a break here! It’s one Saturday morning – a few minutes out of one Saturday morning! That hardly has life consequences”Simple daily disciplines (little productive actions, repeated consistently over time) add up to the difference between failure and success

The author figured out that if we could rise from the bottom to the average, it meant we knew how to rise in the first place. Closing the Gap: What it means to leverage the natural tension between Point A (where we are) and Point B (where we could be). And these things are simple. They are tiny, positive habits that we do to make our lives much better in the long term. I have applied the Slight Edge principles in so many areas of life. Chunking every project into annual goals, monthly outcomes, weekly agendas and daily disciplines has helped me accomplish massive improvements in every area of life from health to relationships, to communication skills, to finances. By identifying the daily disciplines in every area of life, I was able to move from cancer to outstanding health; from non-communication with siblings to best friends; from struggling as a single mom to creating a net worth of over 1 million dollars! The Slight Edge principles, compounded over time, will make a massive shift in any area we choose. No success is immediate. Nor is any failure instantaneous. They are both products of the Slight Edge. The truth of quantum leaps is that they are not larger than life: they're submicroscopic. The actual term "quantum leap" comes from particle physics, where it does not refer to a huge, epic jump. It refers to the fact that energy, after a period of time. epic jump. It refers to the fact that energy, after a period off time. will suddenly appear at another level, without our having been able to observe how it got there. It is an exact description of how the water hyacinth moves from day twenty-nine to day thirty. An exact description of how the frog's certain death by drowning was suddenly transformed into salvation by butter."

We all take pretty similar actions each day. Sleep, eat, think, feel , talk and listen. We have relationships and friendships. We have 168 hours a week and if we fill these hours one way or another with a sequence of little actions and tasks.

She explains that the more success you have, the more success you will have, and that there is a price to pay for that: responsibility.I think my favorite part about this read is that it covers all areas of mindset. If you like stats, it's got some great ones like by the age of 5 we've heard the work "NO" 40,000 times. Or, 1 in 20 people will achieve their goals in life. The alarm goes off at 6am. Without conscious thought your hand shoots out and hits snooze… A 10 minute reprieve. You tentatively slip a foot out from under the covers. You open one eye. Still dark out.