The Slight Edge
von Jeff Olson
Successful people form habits that feed their success, instead of habits that feed their failure. They choose to have the slight edge working for them, not against them. People on the success curve live a life of responsibility. They take full responsibility for who they are, where they are, and everything that happens to them.
Successful people form habits that feed their success, instead of habits that feed their failure. They choose to have the slight edge working for them, not against them.
People on the success curve live a life of responsibility. They take full responsibility for who they are, where they are, and everything that happens to them.
Most people wish for big things but can’t really see themselves getting them. The few who achieve great things are those who not only passionately wanted to achieve them but also clearly see themselves achieving them. That’s the key to harnessing the power of desire: it is like a team of wild horses that need a driver to steer them in the right direction, and that driver is your vision.
In the past fifteen years, science has learned: Happiness doesn’t come from genetics, luck, or chance. Happiness has a lot less to do with circumstances than we think it does. Happiness isn’t the result of some big, out-of-reach event or attainment. Happiness is created by simple, easy things we do every day. And unhappiness is created by not doing those simple, easy, everyday things.
Social science research says that as a child, you heard the word “no” about 40,000 times by the age of five, before you even started first grade. And how many times had you heard the word “yes”? About 5,000. That’s eight times as many nos as yeses. Eight times the force holding you down, compared to the force lifting you up. Eight times the gravity against your desire to soar.
"Successful people form habits that feed their success, instead of habits that feed their failure. They choose to have the slight edge working for them, not against them."
"People on the success curve live a life of responsibility. They take full responsibility for who they are, where they are, and everything that happens to them."
"Life-Transforming Books The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor Before Happiness, Shawn Achor As a Man Thinketh, James Allen Multiple Streams of Income, Robert G. Allen The Automatic Millionaire, David Bach Start Over, Finish Rich, David Bach The Go-Giver, Bob Burg and John David Mann Go-Givers Sell More, Bob Burg and John David Mann It’s Not About You, Bob Burg and John David Mann The Aladdin Factor, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie Acres of Diamonds, Russell H. Conwell The Richest Man in Babylon, George S. Clason The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, Charles Duhigg Positivity, Barbara Fredrickson Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell The Dip, Seth Godin Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill Delivering Happiness, Tony Hsieh Conversations with Millionaires, Mike Litman, Jason Oman, et al. The How of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky The Myths of Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky The Greatest Salesman in the World, Og Mandino Failing Forward, John C. Maxwell The Power of Positive Thinking, Norman Vincent Peale Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink Cultivating an Unshakable Character, Jim Rohn Seven Strategies for Wealth and Happiness, Jim Rohn The Art of Exceptional Living, Jim Rohn The Challenge to Succeed, Jim Rohn The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle, Jim Rohn The Seasons of Life, Jim Rohn The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin The Magic of Thinking Big, David Schwartz Authentic Happiness, Martin Seligman Flourish, Martin Seligman Little Things Matter, Todd Smith"
"They are slight edge actions for happiness: happy habits. Each morning, write down three things you’re grateful for. Not the same three every day; find three new things to write about. That trains your brain to search your circumstances and hunt for the positive. Journal for two minutes a day about one positive experience you’ve had over the past twenty-four hours. Write down every detail you can remember; this causes your brain to literally reexperience the experience, which doubles its positive impact. Meditate daily. Nothing fancy; just stop all activity, relax, and watch your breath go in and out for two minutes. This trains your brain to focus where you want it to, and not get distracted by negativity in your environment. Do a random act of kindness over the course of each day. To make this simple, Shawn often recommends a specific act of kindness: at the start of each day, take two minutes to write an email to someone you know praising them or thanking them for something they did. Exercise for fifteen minutes daily. Simple cardio, even a brisk walk, has a powerful antidepressant impact, in many cases stronger (and more long-lasting) than an actual antidepressant!"
"There are two kinds of learning: learning by study—which includes reading, listening to audios, and attending classes and seminars—and learning by doing. As passionate as I am about improving yourself by studying with great teachers, through great books, audios, and workshops, I also know that all the study in the world won’t build your business, establish your health, create a rich and fulfilling family life, and make you a happier person. That takes your getting up and out of your chair and doing it. Book smarts is not enough:"
"Let’s take an honest look at your level of happiness. Do you take time every day to notice those things you’re grateful for? Do you make a habit of looking at things in a positive light, rather than a negative light? Do you practice savoring the moment and regularly expressing your appreciation of others? Do you engage regularly in activities that are meaningful to you, things you do not because you have to but because you want to? Are you building greater happiness every day, or is day-to-day happiness drifting further away?"
"No matter how good the information is, it won’t do you any good unless you have the right catalyst that will let you apply it effectively. Your philosophy creates your attitudes, which create your actions, which create your results, which create your life. Successful people fail their way to the top. Do the thing, and you shall have the power. The slight edge is the first ingredient, the catalyst you need that makes all the how-to’s work."
- →Successful people form habits that feed their success, instead of habits that feed their failure. They choose to have the slight edge working for them, not against them.
- →**Because it’s not the hows that do it, it’s how you do the hows.** The reason diets and self-help courses and weight-loss programs and other how-to’s don’t work for most people is the same reason most how-to books and courses don’t work for most people. It isn’t that the actions are wrong. **It’s that people don’t keep doing them.**
- →Up to that point, I knew I was average. If I had continued accepting that as simply the way things were, then nothing much in my life would have turned out for me. The shift in my life began happening when I stopped taking it for granted that just because I was an average guy, that meant I was doomed to no more than average results.
- →The power of a plan is not that it will get you there. The power of a plan is that it will get you started. People make the mistake of thinking they need the perfect plan. There is no perfect plan. By definition, there can’t be, because a plan is not getting there—it’s only your jumping-off point.
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