Good Morning MOJO,
Sitting their watching TV with a beer in one hand and a slice of pepperoni pizza in the other, while his kids are in their room playing X-Box he says, “I want better health…I want to have better a relationship with my family…I want to be more successful…I want to make more money...and I want it now!!!!!” Well, I have news for you…unless someone comes up with some new “non-obesity pill” so you can eat whatever you want, never work out and still never gain a pound…some great method that can replace you spending quality time with your family and still have a great relationship…some way to get ahead at work without being positive, energetic, efficient and hard working…some way of getting ahead financially without saving and investing, your going to have to start making some changes. Here is the good news…all you have to do is make some small changes. However, you need to maintain these small changes for a long time…perhaps a life time.
From the outside looking in, it appears it’s some big break…a massive change that catapults people to get what they want in life. I am not going to sit here and say that is not the case for some, but for the majority of us to get more of what we want in our life, it is about the cumulative affect of all the small decisions we make everyday. It’s the slice of pizza or the salad…going for a run/walk or watching TV…spending quality time with our family or working until 8pm…being focused and discipline at work or chit chatting with whoever will take the time to talk…spending $10 to $20 for lunch or brown bagging it instead with a PP&J. Doing any one of these things just once, won’t have much, if any, impact…but if you do any of them long enough the cumulative affect will amaze you.
Here is a great example of how the cumulative affect of a small thing can make a big difference. If I gave you penny and said I would double it every day for 30 days, how much do you think you would have? A penny is not a lot…right? Heck, after 10 days of doubling it every day it still is not a lot of money...it’s only $10.24. However, at the end of 30 days, get this…that penny doubled every day becomes $10,737,418.24. So, if a penny doubled everyday is over $10 million at the end of 30 days, imagine what these types of changes could do for you over time:
- a salad instead of pizza
- a walk/run instead of watching TV
- hanging out with your family instead of hanging out in the office until 8
- brown bagging lunch and saving the $10 (over $600,000 total savings in 30 years if invested at a 10% return on investment)
It is the cumulative affect of the small things which will makes the difference between getting what you want or getting more of what you’ve already got. Now, it is going to take more than 30 days, but if you do it long enough, you will have life which is pure magic.
To learn more about how little changes can change your life, here is a link to Jeff Olson’s audio book, The Slight Edge… http://www.amazon.com/Slight-Edge-Jeff-Olson/dp/B000NU3KS6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-1085872-9815049?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177905623&sr=8-2 Check it out…it could change your life!!!!
Make it a GREAT week!!!!!
"When you feel like giving up, dig deep and see what you
Tom Tognoli
COO, Founder
Regional President
Direct: 408.342.3001
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Email: TTognoli@InteroRealEstate.com
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