Helen Pickard

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“Two Life Paths”

The two life path idea’s are one downward curve and one upward curve basically over the period of our lives the decisions we make put us on one or the other.

You may feel as though your life is never changing or stuck in a rut but actually you and the other 95% of people in the world are on the downward curve ever so gradually that you may not notice!

This is what was happening to me, everyday seemed to fade into the next day and so on until I heard, what at the time was just another philosophy saying, FOR THINGS TO CHANGE, YOU HAVE TO CHANGE. FOR THINGS TO GET BETTER YOU HAVE TO GET BETTER. IT’S EASY YO DO. BUT IT’S EASY NOT TO DO,TOO.

I can honestly say this one saying, one philosophy, actually changed my life and the way I go about my life. I got into the habit of saying this to myself every time I did something, and actually thinking afterwards and evaluating what I did with this saying, then moving onwards I found I did things differently and more positively, now I find that I do the simple things without thinking about it, it’s become habit almost, it really is EASY TO DO! Now I am making money internet style.

I am on the upward curve as we speak and am working hard on myself to stay on that curve always doing something, evaluating it and moving on. Get out of the past, review the past but only for the purpose of making a better plan.

You can also achieve this upward curve in your life, but only if you desire it enough to make those EASY TO DO ! Decisions and don’t worry about failure because with out failure how can we have success! Also remember “a man/woman can fail many times, but he/she isn’t a failure until he/she begins to blame someone else.” (John Burroughs).

“Some Day” and “The Quantum Leap Myth”

Some day, when my ship comes in….

Some day, when I have the money….

Some day, when I have the time….

Some day, when I have the skill, the confidence….

I used to think like this too!!

You know what though?—-

SOME DAY DOES NOT EXIST!

I used to play the lottery thinking that some day I would win the big one! Until I realised that it just was not going to happen! Now if I play the lottery at all, it’s because I want to for a bit of fun or to give to charity not in vain hope of winning. Look at it this way how many entrepreneurs, successful business men/women, top bankers etc do you see winning the lottery not many actually I can’t remember any! Why because they see it as a waste of time and effort due to the odds of winning, they know that through their own hard work and effort they will be successful so why play the lottery?

I used to think that I never had enough time to do the thing I needed or wanted to do! But again I was just kidding myself that I was busy too busy! Actually now I am organised and plan what I do I really do have time to do what I want to! “The Slight Edge” shows to take small steps one at a time evaluate and move on, but you need to take that first step, because every staircase or ladder starts with a first step and you do not need to be able to see the end but you know it’s there! And once you take that first step and work towards your goals effectively you will find the time!

Over the years I have found that skills and confidence come from doing something and learning from it so if you don’t do it how can you learn from it and when you do it you gain confidence when you do it right!

The more you do the more you get right the more skill the more confidence the more you do and so on! See more on this and other subjects by clicking here Advertising Internet Business Marketing.

The secret of the penny!

When Mr. Olson delves a little deeper into the millionaire mindset he explains a bit more about the stories in the introduction. The penny doubled every day or one million cash in hand, he posed the question, as do I of you, which would you chose. Think quickly and be honest!

When I was younger I would have definitely gone for the cool million, having that much money in one lump sum would have set me up for life (yeah right!).

I think we all know that a million is a lot, that’s a given as they say! But and it’s a big BUT, how little did I realise, and probably so too most of the people on this planet, that I was WRONG, so wrong, I was on the wrong side of planet wrong!!!!!

Over the years I have come to realise, with the help of many, many talented psychological, financial, mind body and spirit writers and speakers that you have to think differently to the crowd, not necessarily go the opposite way, but just differently, with the wisdom that I have gained I now realise that I should have taken the penny, every time!

I am doing that now, taking the penny, using “The Slight Edge” and compounding my actions, positively working towards my goals.

I have found that by, do the “easy to do” things consistently and working in new ways, I am well on my way to my financial, family and health goals that seem to have eluded me over the years!

The penny dropped (sorry about the pun), as it will with you if you too do those “easy to do” things in your life.

Do something really simple to start with like phone someone you haven’t spoken to in a while, this example will hopefully show you how a short phone call can make a difference in your life, after this evaluate it properly and see the power of the first step, then take another step and so on, again this is only an example, take that first step towards the goal you desire, use the power of the penny principle, As I have when I am advertising internet business marketing click here to find out more.

The secret of time!

After finding that it’s easy to do something, you will need a lot of Will Power! It’s no good doing something for a week then letting it slip or giving up.

I, like a lot of people, have in the past joined a gym to get fit, you know you go for a week or a month the something comes up and you can’t make it one day then the next day until you don’t go back (you still pay though).

Do you think that say Sir Steve Redgrave only rowed for a couple of weeks before he became five time Olympic gold medallist or that Paula Radcliffe ran around the block a few times before she was able to run and win marathons; of course they didn’t, they spent TIME on themselves training, working hard with a plan to see them get to where they wanted to be. Using their TIME effectively!

TIME is a commodity that you can NEVER get back so don’t waste it, every second of every day is as important as the next one but only if you realise its importance!!!!

For example: Plan your day but don’t spend all day doing it! Use your time effectively doing the thing that will make you successful and therefore give you more time!!

But also don’t expect miracles. We are a society that stands in front of the microwave wishing it would hurry up! How crazy is that? “Rome was not built in a day!” nor was any successful business.

I now use what I have learnt from “The Slight Edge” to take the actions then to evaluate those actions and learn from the mistakes or failures and move on and I am now in the habit of using my time to grow effectively whilst I run my home business internet marketing!

Please remember it is not a race!

The secret of easy things from “The Slight Edge”

“Easy to do” and “easy not to do”

Let me ask a couple of questions:

Are you one of those people who say’s things like “I’ll do it tomorrow” or “it’s o.k. like that” or “I’ll just sit down for a bit before I!”?

Are you one of those people who is in the habit of just living, for instance you get up when you are told to, go to work where you are told to, go home when you are told to, go to bed when you are told to?

Do you find the days, weeks, months and even years are leaving you behind?

Just think about these questions for a little while and really evaluate your life, where it’s been and where it’s going!

I did! And found I was doing or being all of them!

I found that it was easy not to do the things I really needed to do to break the cycle to emerge from mediocrity and fulfil my dreams and aspirations, but now I have learnt that it is also EASY TO DO the things I need to do and become successful, that one slight change has had such a positive impact on my life that there is only EASY TO DO things in my life now.

The more I do the thing I need to do the easier they become to do but beware because that also means they become easier not to do!

This is not just about financial success but can be put in to practice for any success you wish to have, doing those easy to do things rather than not doing them will inevitably lead to success! As long as you – DO IT, EVALUATE IT, LEARN FROM IT! And MOVE ON!

The secret ingredient.

Mr Olson goes on to say in chapter 1 that people don’t have a framework for success a blueprint if you like well here’s the kicker YOU DON’T NEED ONE! That’s right there is no blueprint or map or framework or secret ingredient, but there are rules that every successful person in the world follows, so If you follow some simple but effective rules you cannot go wrong it really is that easy, as he says  “easy to do” but beware it’s also “easy not to do”. I found here a realisation that I was actually a 95% person (an “easy not to do” person), yes that’s right I was not one of, or ever going to be one of the 5% of people who actually become successful in their own rite. I was following a path that would eventually see me working to survive my retirement!!! That was not for me, I now know how to keep my focus on my future and to work on myself every day so that future will be the one I want for me and my family. It may take me some time, it may only take a few months who knows, I can assure you that I will get there! Working from home advertising internet business marketing.

A famous Formula one Race Team owner once said “TO FINISH FIRST, FIRST YOU HAVE TO FINISH” this is very true indeed but the slight edge is not about finishing first, what the slight edge teaches us, in the beginning is to take very small even insignificant steps towards our goals for every journey no matter how long or difficult starts with one small step. Take action now evaluate that action and move on to the next action! And keep doing it.

It’s not a race however, take small steps along the path to your future; every step is important no matter how insignificant it may appear. That race team does not build a car and race it the same day it takes thousands of man/woman hours to design and create the whole thing from start to finish with every nut and bolt being as important as one another to get the end product, this team is the Maclaren Formula one team and the person who said” TO FINISH FIRST, FIRST YOU HAVE TO FINISH” was Mr. Ron Dennis (team principle at the time). I think we could say they have been successful!!!!

The Slight Edge Review Continued.

The third story “The Choice” this will only really interest you if you actually want to become successful and have that illusive Millionaire Mindset!

Let me ask you some questions, please be honest with yourself!

1/ what is easy to give and never runs out?

2/ what is also easy to give but not easy to have?

3/ what is impossible to give and can only be gained?

Let me ask you one final question- if you had the choice between £1million cash in hand or 1penny doubled every day, what would you choose?

If you have been honest with your self then you probably got the first question quite quickly, the answer is LOVE (easy to give and never runs out!) When I was asked I managed to get this one!

The second question takes a little bit more thinking; well it did for me but I eventually came to the conclusion it was MONEY (easy to give but not easy to have!)

The third question actually had me thinking for days until eventually someone said(I don’t want to admit it but it was probably my hubby) knowledge but no I thought you can give knowledge to a certain degree, but I thought for a bit more and hubby was on the right track it is actually WISDOM!

Wisdom is probably the most important one of all because although love is easy to give and never runs out you can lose it! But with wisdom on your side you should be able to keep it!

Wisdom also allows you to control the money you have or are going to have!

Wisdom can also be gained every single moment of your life!

As for the final question, well let’s just say I would take the penny double everyday, every time! Get a piece of paper and write down 1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128 keep going in this sequence for 23 more times (more if you want remember its doubled every time) and you will see why!

The story of the two frogs interested me greatly as I, probably like a lot of people, would in the past have given up just like the first frog in the story!

When I used to have a J.O.B. (job)(Just Over Broke) I gave up literally gave up, my career was going absolutely nowhere but did I try to change things no, I have to be honest and say again no I gave up!

Until one day I heard a great man call Jim Rohn (who sadly passed away only this week), Jim was kind, gentle and a great philosopher, he said and I quote “FOR THINGS TO CHANGE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE, FOR THINGS TO GET BETTER YOU HAVE TO GET BETTER” Again Jim Rohn will be sadly missed but always happily remembered.

It was this one saying that really made me sit up and think about what I had become, and now putting it together with “The Slight Edge” I realise that I used to be the frog that gave up and sank; but now after years of self-education, listening, understanding and more importantly acting on the wise word of people like Jim Rohn and Jeff Olson to name but two, I have become the second frog, still paddling I know, but I can feel the milk churning and soon I know I will be free of the shackles that have held me for so long!

Guess what thou, so can you, become that second frog, because if you fail and give up you will always be a failure, but if you fail and keep trying with the same enthusiasm, or even more, then eventually you will become successful.

Moving on further into the Slight Edge, there are three poignant stories that follow in the introduction; “The water Hyacinth”, “Two Frog’s” and “The Choice” they all have meaning in their own rite, which we will look at, but put them together, especially with the understanding that “the slight edge” gives, they become one force that will inspire you to take not only the first step but many more steps to your new undoubtedly successful future. These stories are referred to throughout the book but they all have a common thread which is that they all start with one small step!

First of the stories “The Water Hyacinth” – showed me that patience one of the keys to success, another is how to think, how the delicate little plant grows so slowly at first, tentatively, almost lacking in the confidence to branch out in all directions and cover it’s world in it’s own glory, but over time with small, nearly invisible steps, it grows, one day it has got to half the size of the pond the next day it covers it.

This may not seem like a small step, going from half the pond to the whole pond, but think of it like this, if the plant doubles in size every day, at first you would not notice it, then when it gets to half the size of the pond to double it’s size would actually cover the pond!

And that is exactly how you build your future by laying small but strong foundations and building more and more each day then showing others how to do the same.

Eventually you will be like the Water Hyacinth when it covers the pond, you will be there for all to see, a fully paid up member of the successful club!

As long as you change the way you think (and I don’t mean day dream I mean the way you actually think) you will become successful using the power of “The Slight Edge” whether you work from home, want to earn extra money, run an internet business or anything for that matter, the choice is yours to make!

We start with the introduction to “THE SLIGHT EDGE” in this we are given a couple short but astonishingly enlightening stories that over the period of reading the rest of the book become more and more apparent and focused in our minds. “The shoeshine lady” and “The beach bum” may at first seem a little of the wall but when you dig a little and understand the meaning behind the few paragraphs of these people; you begin to understand the next but ultimately the most important bit “if only”, by this I mean and hopefully so did Jeff Olson, that by some quirk of fate or destiny or something like that or the but for the grace of god go I, well that’s what we would naturally think anyway if we came across a poor little old lady shining shoes or a beach bum seeming to waste their lives away, but this strictly is not true because no matter where we come from in the world or what sort of schooling or upbringing we had the “if only” is down to us.

We are what matters, we are the difference, we alone can change our lives and be successful but only if we want to.

Myself for instance, once I used to have a full time JOB (or Just Over Broke) working hard to make my money last until the end of the month, until I learned through experience that its not luck or just happening to be in the right place at the right time but actually my own attitude towards life, you can work hard just to live but if you work hard and smart you can have a life of fulfilment; accept failure, learn from it and change then move on, using principles like the slight edge I have found my direction was at first o.k. but I did not really learn from mistakes fully so eventually my overall direction was actually off!

But now I know how to evaluate my actions, learn from them and keep my direction on the path I desire.
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I will continue with more from “The Slight Edge” in my next article and video which will be posted here tomorrow.

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