If your friend told you that small actions like meditating for 5 minutes, doing 20 affirmations,
and reading 10 pages of a book a day would completely change your life and allow you
to reach whatever dreams you wished for, would you believe him?
Probably not.
Only 5% of people understand and use the concept of “the slight edge.”
Most people assume that success comes from big events, like for a singer getting onto
a reality TV show where they perform on national TV.
But is that really how they got over worrying about crowds or how they got better at singing?
No, the way they did that wasn’t through anything massive, in reality it was small
steps performed daily.
To get over stage fright, everyday they could perform in front of a small audience, putting
a song on YouTube, singing for friends, and later on maybe at a small coffee spot and
small talent shows.
Another way to become more calm would be learning to meditate for a few minutes a day, which
many celebrities and athletes actually do to clear their mind.
Now, the best way to illustrate this concept to help you learn to use the slight edge is
the classic story of a wealthy man and his 2 sons.
Let’s just call the wealthy man Bill Gates.
On his deathbed he asked them for what they would want as a last gift.
He presented either 1 million dollars in cash right now, or a penny that would be doubled
every single day until it was withdrawn.
Let’s name these two kids Devin and Victor.
Victor decides to take the million dollars, which most people would do.
Devin takes the penny that doubles daily.
Now, at the beginning Devin is pretty fucking poor.
But as most of us know, with compounding numbers comes exponential growth and by the end of
the month he has over 10 million dollars in his back account that will continue to double
into the billions.
Obviously in real life there’s nobody giving you these 2 exact options, because if there
was then we’d all be millionaires at the very least.
But life does actually present something very similar to you.
It’s not as obvious, but here’s another quick example before I get into the actual
steps you can take to apply “the slight edge” rule into your life.
Theoretically, if you get 1% better everyday, shoutout to OnePercentBetter haha, but numbers-wise
you should be 37 times better than you are right now at the end of the year!
And the opposite is true as well, if you get 1% worse each day, you would end up at 2%
of who you are currently.
Once again, these are just theories based on math, but I’ve seen myself improve my
life by 10 times or even more in the span of the last year.
I’ve seen people go from horrible fighters to those competing for championships at their
age brackets within a few months, and I’ve seen YouTube channels that have grown 100
times their size in a year!
Life does have this option within it, and here’s how you can practically use and apply
these lessons into your life, because if you just watch this video and don’t use it,
then even if you understand it, which is a good first step, it won't help as much as
actually doing the work that you can enjoy and reap the benefits of.
The way to use this principle is to do the small things right.
This will allow you to live a healthier life, earn more money if you please, cultivate better
relationships, and whatever else you would like to have in your life.
It’s pretty common sense actually.
To develop better relationships, you’re not just going to make 50 friends in one day
(unless you’re just clicking all over Facebook), it takes small actions day in and day out
that are very simple.
The problem is, the opposite is true as well.
It’s very simple to not do these tasks.
While it’s not too difficult to go out everyday to do something social, it’s also not difficult
to stay inside and be isolated.
In the same way for many in terms of their health, instead of doing the simple action
of buying water, it’s also very simple to get a coke when ordering lunch.
You might be saying, well, these small things don’t matter.
If I drink one can of coke or stay inside one day I won’t magically become fat and
be socially retarded.
Yes, and that’s fine, even I might drink a soda when I’m on a trip with friends or
family.
Some days, especially when I’m sick, I won’t really go out of the house.
But, understand that you are the living manifestation of your daily habits.
If you drink a coke instead of water daily, you will become a lot more unhealthy in one
year than if you, the exact same person, had just chosen to drink water.
If you don’t workout at all for a year and compare yourself to if you had worked out
5 times a week for a year, the results would be drastic.
The problem lies not only in the fact that it’s easy to not do these tasks because
most people just don’t plan them out or know about this rule, but also it's due to
the lack of immediate feedback.
You don’t workout for an hour and become jacked, so the slight edge principle is not
sexy during the process for the most part.
You pretty much look the same for a couple of months of eating well and lifting until
one day in the shower (at least for me this was where it happened) you notice that the
old fat on your stomach is gone and that your chest and arms just got bigger.
The feeling is incredible.
And while I’m still not crazy jacked, the difference from last year to this year was
so immense that not only have I noticed it but others have too.
It’s like the penny.
At first you get two pennies, then four pennies, then eight pennies, nothing noticeable at
all until you hit day 30 and you wake up to 10 million dollars.
It may not happen that quick, but it does happen in your lifetime and it really isn’t
that long.
Think about this, if you just made it a goal to read 10 pages of a book everyday, then
you would read 3,650 pages every year.
That’s about 10 good books that will change you.
You get knowledge from people who have achieved great things in history and they will change
your life as a whole.
I guarantee you this because I’ve seen it happen to myself and many others.
I don't think anyone's had their life become worse after reading a good book.
To illustrate this one last time, the first day after reading 10 pages, you’re not going
to see much difference, but in one year, I promise you will see changes as you add more
and more simple daily tasks like meditating for a few minutes, taking cold showers, doing
NoFap, writing a journal, and many other things that I’ve personally added to my life.
So that’s the slight edge, the simple rule that almost no one understands which is why
very few people achieve their dreams.
So many people want to "win the lottery" in whatever they do, they hope for the viral
video that will get their YouTube channel big, they hope to make some elite team in
sports without training hard, but for you, you know the secret now.
Whatever you want in life can be broken down into simple daily tasks to get you there.
Just give it time, enjoy the process, and work hard at it consistently.
Luckily enough I had this mindset from some of my old basketball coaches who constantly
yelled at us to “work hard, work consistent, and work smart.”
Though as 13 year olds most of us didn't pay too much attention.
But they were right haha.
Just made this as I wanted to let you guys know this principle as it is crucial to whatever
dreams you have in your life.
You will achieve your visions if you stick with them, and keep experimenting.
It’s Kevin from KreativeVein, peace.