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This is not only a picture of compound interest; it’s also a picture of how the
Slight Edge looks when it’s working for you.
Now, let’s get a sense of what the Slight Edge looks like and feels like when
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it’s working against you instead. It’s simple: just put a mirror up to the first
illustration. This graph shows you that when it’s not working in your favor, the
Slight Edge can be a very sharp and unforgiving edge indeed!
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If you understand and live by the law of compound interest, your life will
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half of 7this graph. 14 If you don’t 21 understand 28 and live by the law
of compound _ interest, your life will look like the lower half of this graph.
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Wherever you may be in your own life, understanding the Slight Edge will
give you the tools to start fresh—right now!—and place yourself firmly on
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the upper curve.
Responsibility
The upper curve is the formula for success: a few simple disciplines, old
repeated every day. The lower curve is the formula for failure: a few
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in judgment, repeated every day.
The upper curve represents that one person out of twenty, the five percent
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who are successful and happy at the end of their lives. The lower curve represents
the other nineteen, the ninety-five percent who reach their “golden years” angry
and bitter, and have no idea or concept of how they got there or why. Life, it
seems to them, is unfair, and that’s just how it is. But you and I know that’s not
the case. It’s not a matter of being fair or unfair: it’s pure geometry, the geometry
of time.
Most people hold time as their enemy; they seek to avoid the passage of time
and strive to have results now. That’s a choice based on a philosophy. Successful