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62 The Slight Edge
zero, right? How much difference is there, right? I mean, we’re talking about one
penny! What could you buy with a penny?
KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 4
To accomplish anything worth accomplishing, to create success, to achieve your
dreams, you don’t have to do impossible, extraordinary, superhuman things. But you
have to do something. You have to start with a penny. Do you think you could improve
yourself—your health, your knowledge, your skills, your diet, your relationships,
whatever area of life you want to look at—just one percent?
The Power of the Penny
Read how these The Slight Edge readers started with a penny and ended up
accomplishing amazing things.
had a horrible accident at work when he was hit by a semi. This
ended his career at 39. The main artery to his heart burst, he lost a
lung, liver and his kidneys failed, he was in a coma for six weeks and
spent seven months on life support. he came home after a year, in a
wheelchair and on oxygen. There began a journey that god put me
on. The following year we had no income as we waited for his disability
hearings to complete. We nearly lost our home and were up to our ears
in debt to everyone, everywhere. We were living the Slight Edge as we
worked our way through small accomplishments, like just standing for
three seconds and noting this on a calendar, going without oxygen for
a minute, noting that, etc., until he made a miraculous recovery, which
even his doctors and nurses are amazed at. This is the Slight Edge and
the power of starting with a penny at its best.
My daughter had health complications a few years back, which left
her on six or seven different medications. These of course created
severe weight gain. After reading The Slight Edge, i suggested that she
ride her stationary bike every day to help her drop some weight. At
she progressed up to 20 minutes. After a year, it seemed like, all
of a sudden, my daughter lost 25 pounds and we are all in shock,
wondering what is happening. it took me a moment, but then i realized
it was the power of the Slight Edge, 15 minutes a day.