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The Slight Edge: Obstacles

  • Things that are easy to do are just as easy not to do.
  • For the slight edge to work, you have to do something, and keep doing it until you succeed.
  • The results are not immediately visible. The small activities seem insignificant, so it’s easy to give up or stop doing the small actions required to deliver results.

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The predominant state of mind displayed by those people on the failure curve is blame. The predominant state of mind displayed by those people on the success curve is responsibility.

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The Seven Daily Disciplines For Success

Every day we are either moving towards the direction we desire or further away from it based on the decisions we make which determine where we end up. No one fails overnight – nor do you succeed overnight.

The difference is in creating our own formula of daily disc...

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There is a natural progression to everything in life: plant, cultivate, harvest.

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The Slight Edge

The Slight Edge is a philosophy; it represents a way of thinking: what we know, how we hold that knowledge, and what we do.

Consistently repeated daily actions + time = unconquerable results.

The secret ingredient is straightforward: to do the small things ov...

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JEFF OLSON

As you walk your path, it is always, every moment of every day, curving either upward or downward.

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The Road to Mastery

  • Closing the gap: Leverage the natural tension between Point A (where we are) and Point B (where we could be).
  • Harnessing the 5 sources of power: Momentum, Completion, Habit, Reflection, and Celebration.
  • Focusing on philosophy, not res...

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There are 2 types of feel-better activities:

  • Those that immediately improve your mood, but often at the expense of overall well-being. Easy to start doing, and often hard to stop, they tend not to have long-term rewards.
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Put The Compound Effect To Work For You

Put The Compound Effect To Work For You

  • Write out your excuses, decide to make up for them with hard work and personal development.
  • Write out a half-dozen small, seemingly insignificant steps you can do every day to go a different direction.
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1% better every day

The effects of small habits compound over time.

They seem to make little difference on any given day and yet the impact they deliver over the months and years can be enormous. A slight change in your daily habits can guide your life to a very different destination.

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