The-Slight-Edge

Foreword:
The Road to the Slight Edge
It’s been some time now since my encounter with the shoeshine lady, and a
lot has happened since then. I have been fortunate to be the CEO and owner of
many successful companies. So how did I get there? Well, I’ve had some help.
When you get the opportunity to be around successful CEOs and influential
authors and speakers, their wisdom has a way of rubbing off on you.
But the main reason for my success—and the success of other influential
people around the world—continues to be the daily application of the philosophy
I am going to share with you called the Slight Edge.
After my time at Texas Instruments and building my own company Sun
Aire of America, which at the time was one of the largest solar energy companies
in the country, I went on to build three separate multimillion-dollar sales forces,
one of which I was appointed CEO.
Based on that experience, I founded TPN (The People’s Network), which
was one of the largest personal-development training companies in the nation,
producing over 900 television programs on various topics such as family
relationships and finance, etc. As the CEO of TPN I was often regarded as one
of the most influential people in personal development. I eventually sold TPN to
a New York Stock Exchange company.
I then took the principles I learned at TPN to help consult for a company,
and I have been instrumental in taking them from $70 million in revenues to
$500 million.
I arrived at these destinations, not by being smarter than everyone else,
not by quantum leaps of advancement, but by consistently applying the Slight
Edge philosophy.