*** The Ginormous Power Of One

By Keith A. Shaw, President, Mind Body Spirit Central.com and SelfGrowth.com Official Guide To Motivation

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One…it’s not much.

A single unit.

Not two.

Just one.

How can “one” make a difference? Sometimes it is hard to see how it can.

Many years ago, I learned in science class that one little degree can make the difference between hot water, at 211 degrees, and boiling water at 212 degrees. Boiling water, at only one degree more than hot water will generate steam. Steam can drive a turbine to generate an immense amount of power. One little degree does make an enormous difference.

What about ONE PERCENT more? As in, what if you make a one-percent change in your life? For example, a one-percent change in the effort you put forth toward your personal or professional relationships, health, career or other objectives?

At first, it really doesn’t seem like much either, does it.

However, what if you make a one-percent change in your life…EVERYDAY?

Well, now you would be on to something big… exponentially big.

Here is what I mean by exponentially big. Let’s say you take action everyday to achieve a mere 1% change in your life. When you do, it leads not to a 30% change at the end of one month, but more than a 36% change! When you reach the end of month two you will achieve - more than 80%!

So, you can imagine what phenomenal, positive progress you will have realized by this time next year.

Norman Vincent Peale once said, “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” Rethink the way that you make small changes in your life. These changes will multiply exponentially, and will lead to BIG changes in any thing you do.

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