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<strong>The</strong> Quantum leap Myth 73<br />

happening. <strong>The</strong>y only seem dramatic in the retelling. But the reality is that the<br />

rags-to-riches success story person has gotten to where he is by making mundane,<br />

quiet, little <strong>Slight</strong> <strong>Edge</strong> decisions and repeating simple disciplines, day in and<br />

day out.<br />

It’s not exciting to read about; it’s not exciting to make a movie about. It’s<br />

not even exciting to do. But believe me, it sure is exciting when you finally get to<br />

experience the results.<br />

No matter in what arena in life or work or play—the difference between<br />

winning and losing, the gap that separates success and failure, is so slight, so<br />

subtle, most never see it.<br />

Superman may leap tall buildings at a single bound. Here on earth, we win<br />

through the <strong>Slight</strong> <strong>Edge</strong>.<br />

KEY POINTS OF CHAPTER 5<br />

We look for the cure, the breakthrough, the magic pill—the medical-scientific<br />

quantum leap miracle our press has dubbed the “magic bullet.” But the solution<br />

already exists. It always did. Is it magic? Yes—the same magic that caused the<br />

problem: the power of daily actions, compounded over time. <strong>The</strong> magic of the<br />

<strong>Slight</strong> <strong>Edge</strong>.

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