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130 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Slight</strong> <strong>Edge</strong><br />
go with the flow. You can be as impatient as you like, but it<br />
won’t bother the <strong>Slight</strong> <strong>Edge</strong>. It’s always moving at<br />
its own optimal speed, with or without your consent,<br />
whether you are aware of it moving or not. Dan Millman,<br />
in the book Way of the Peaceful Warrior (which is my favorite book), said it best<br />
when he said “ Let it go and Let it flow.”<br />
To make the most of the <strong>Slight</strong> <strong>Edge</strong> flow, you’ll want to match the speed<br />
of your growth and development to the natural progression of the <strong>Slight</strong> <strong>Edge</strong>.<br />
That’s accomplished naturally by having a <strong>Slight</strong> <strong>Edge</strong> strategy.<br />
It’s easy to stay active. It’s also easy not to. And if you stop, it won’t kill<br />
you today—but, that simple error in judgment, compounded over time, will<br />
absolutely destroy the getting of any goal you’re after.<br />
Mary Kay Ash put this simply: “Give yourself something to work<br />
toward constantly.”<br />
Harness the Power of Completion<br />
Another way you gather momentum and harness it to your advantage is by<br />
practicing an activity called completion.<br />
Are there any things that are incomplete in your life? Any unpaid bills? Have<br />
you done your taxes? Did you borrow a book or tool you have yet to return? Is there<br />
someone who needs to hear you say, “I love you,” or, “I’m sorry,” or, “Thank you—I<br />
appreciate you”? Do you have any unfinished projects? Any unkept promises—<br />
taking a weekend away with your spouse, or taking your kids somewhere special?<br />
Are there any agreements or commitments you’ve left hanging?<br />
Each and every incomplete thing in your life or work exerts a draining force<br />
on you, sucking the energy of accomplishment and success out of you as surely<br />
as a vampire stealing your blood.<br />
Every incomplete promise, commitment and<br />
agreement saps your strength, because it blocks your<br />
momentum, inhibits your ability to move forward,<br />
to progress and improve. Incomplete things keep<br />
calling you back to the past to take care of them.<br />
Here’s the unfortunate and powerfully destructive truth of being incomplete: it<br />
keeps the past alive. Remember, people who live on the success curve are pulled by<br />
the future, while those who dwell on the failure curve are pulled by the past. And a<br />
surefire way to be forced to live as a prisoner of your past is to not complete things.<br />
Is it easy to do? Yes ... —wait. Let’s consider that for a moment. No ... actually,
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