The-Slight-Edge

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compelling force of the future. They know that the path that leads to the success
curve and the one that leads to the failure curve are only a hair’s breadth apart,
separated only by the distinction of simple, “insignificant” actions that are just
as easy not to do as they are to do—and that this difference will ultimately make
all the difference.
Successful people know how to use the natural tension to close the gap from
point A, where they are, to point B, where they want to be. They understand why
the tortoise won the race; they know that “steady wins the race,” and that the
Slight Edge is the optimal rate of growth for them.
Successful people practice the daily disciplines that are assured to take them
to their final destination. They show up consistently with a good attitude over a
long period of time, with faith and a burning desire. They are willing to pay the
price and practice Slight Edge integrity.
Successful people focus on having a positive outlook, but understand that
the funk get’s everyone—and when it comes for them they embrace it, knowing
it is just refining them. They take baby steps out of the funk—and step back
into positivity.
Successful people use inertia to build momentum, making their upward
journey of success easier and easier. They know how to identify habits that don’t
serve them and replace them with those that do. They understand the powers of
reflection, completion and celebration and they harness them constantly, using
their radar for unfinished business to propel them forward rather than being
sucked backward and downward.
Successful people acquire the three kinds of knowledge they need to succeed.
They create an ongoing support system of both book smarts and street smarts,
learning through study and through doing, and they catalyze and accelerate that
knowledge by finding mentors and modeling their successful behavior. They
plan, they do, and then they review, again and again and again.
Successful people are always asking: “Who am I spending time with? Are
they the people who best represent where I want to be headed?” They form
powerful relationships with positive people; they carefully build Mastermind
groups, work with those groups regularly and take them seriously; and they do
not hesitate to disassociate themselves, when necessary, from people who are
consistently negative and threaten to drag them down.
Successful people read at least ten pages of a powerful, life-transforming book
each day, and listen to at least fifteen minutes of educational and inspirational
information every day.