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110 The Slight Edge
can answer the question either way. At any moment
in your life, you can choose to change which side of
that curve you’re on.
The good news is the wealthy man’s third gift: you have a choice.
Where you’ve been heading is not necessarily where you will be heading
after you turn this page, or put down this book, or wake up tomorrow morning.
The past does not equal the future. In fact, you cannot look in both directions at
once. You can look down, or you can look up; you can look back, or you can look
forward; you can look in the rearview mirror, or at the highway ahead.
Step onto the upper curve, the path of success, and you will put any area
of life—your health, your finances, your relationships, your family life, your
career, your spiritual health, your sense of accomplishment and fulfillment and
purpose—on track within a few years.
If you don’t step onto the upper curve? Failing is something that will take the
rest of your life. Failure, unchecked by a choice to change, is a life-long condition.
What matters now is your awareness of how the Slight Edge operates in your
life and your understanding that you have what you need right now to change
that. All the information you need is already out there—and, right here. You’re
already doing the actions. All you need to do is choose to have to them serve and
empower you—and keep on choosing.
In my line of work, I talk a lot about success in financial terms. But genuine
success is a far greater issue than purely financial health. A genuinely successful
life means your health, your family relationships, your career, your spirituality,
your sense of fulfillment, your legacy and the impact you have on the world.
It’s all these things and more. And the best thing about genuine success is
that it spreads! Success in any one of these areas begins
to affect all the others, too. Improve your health
and you improve your relationships; work on your
personal development and you have an impact on
your career. Everything affects everything else.
If you are having a hard time making progress in one area—say in business—
take action to make a small positive change in an unrelated area. Start taking a
walk around the block, organize that junk drawer that has been haunting you.
Feeling successful in one area will provide you with renewed confidence and
energy to continue on your journey of attaining that other big goal.