The-Slight-Edge

Mastering the Slight Edge 119
d
39
aware of what you don’t have. It means staring at your present reality with a
sober eye and refusing to kid yourself. Noticing that you’re not where you want
to be can be uncomfortable. +
Wanting L hurts. Future
Here’s I
old
an interesting thing: if putting voice to your fondest TIME dreams p.72 can make
F
you a little uncomfortable, it can also make everyone around you uncomfortable,
E
and often far _ more Past so. Tell your five closest friends about your biggest ambition,
and watch how many of them squirm! Why? Because showing them your want
(desire) also reminds them of their want (lack).
This is one reason that when you are formulating goals and creating a vision
for your future, it’s important to be careful whom you share them with. It’s
Slight Edge Life Paths
natural to share your enthusiasm with everyone around you—and it’s also useful
5% SUCCESS
to remember EASY that TO people DOoften tend to respond Progressive by raining realization on your of parade. When
a worthy idea
Simple disciplines made
they do, it’s consistently not out over of time malice or the conscious desire to blunt your excitement.
More often, it’s simply a form of self-defense. They’d rather not hear about the
vision you have, because it reminds them of the one they’ve lost.
Responsibility/Discipline
Value Driven
Closing the Gap
What’s uncomfortable early becomes comfortable later
PHILOSOPHY
When you
•
took
ATTITUDE
an honest
– ACTIONS
look
– RESULTS
at your
–
life LIFESTYLE back in the BUSINESS previous chapter,
rating yourself as being on the success curve or failure curve in different areas,
you were painting a picture of where you are now. The diagram shows that as
point A, and Blame/Neglect
where you could be, your vision of what’s possible for you in your
What’s comfortable early becomes uncomfortable later
Entitled
life, as point B.
To the extent that there is a gap between points A and B, there is a natural
tension between EASY those NOT two, TO like DOholding a magnet near a piece of iron. You can
Simple errors judgement
feel the magnet tugging at the iron—and you can 95% feel FAILURE
made over time
your dreams (B) tugging at
Lasts a lifetime
your present circumstances (A).
“Where I Am”
FINANCES
HEALTH
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
RELATIONSHIPS
“Where I Could Be”
A
B