Exceptional results often have their genesis in little decisions and small actions. If we commit to slight edge strategy, we set ourselves up with an incremental approach for success. Jeff Olson, the author of The Slight Edge book, explains how “committing to small disciplines helps us sidestep any potential roadblocks on the way to success.”
Slight Edge Strategy
The Slight Edge philosophy works because it emphasizes the compound effect of small, consistent actions. These actions, while seemingly insignificant, can lead to significant outcomes over time. The philosophy challenges the common belief in “quantum leaps” or sudden, dramatic changes that lead to success. Instead, it teaches that success is the result of small, daily disciplines that accumulate over time. Olson’s approach encourages individuals to take control of their lives by focusing on simple, doable actions that lead to extraordinary results. By adopting the Slight Edge philosophy, people can transform their approach to success, recognizing that success is a choice and that they have the power to create their own outcomes.
The little decisions you make today start you down a path that could either leverage your business, assets, and life or diminish them, because these decisions cost little or nothing to start and yet the long-term impacts can be enormous.
Little decisions can have big consequences:
- Set business and personal goals and commit to review them regularly.
- Improve communications with your team, friends, and family members.
- Prepare your business for growth. You never know when opportunity knocks.
These small changes will pay huge dividends down the road.
But it doesn’t happen overnight, because compound interest is only exciting after it has years to work. The full impact of setting meaningful goals requires time to accumulate. Re-establishing and building relationships with the important people in our lives requires an investment of time. So does preparing your business for growth. You need to be ready to pivot your goals when necessary.
Assessing, reflecting and acting upon important decisions requires time away, so make the commitment to do just that. Taking time to step away from the day-to-day distractions allows us to focus on long term planning. Ultimately, you could be starting down the path to implement slight edge strategy and achieve a proportionally bigger pay-off down the road.