The Mastermind and The Slight Edge

Guest Contributor: Janet Napora
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There's no such thing as an overnight success. If you've been unhealthy for years you can't get healthy in a few days or weeks. If you're starting a new business today you're not going to be a household name tomorrow. Success in life is a journey starting with one step. The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson is mandatory reading as far as I'm concerned.

The Slight Edge philosophy is quite uncomplicated-simple positive decisions compounded over time will put you on the success curve, simple errors in judgment compounded over time will put you on the failure curve. These days many people have become unwilling to wait...for anything. Instant gratification has become the norm.

"No success is immediate. Nor is any failure instantaneous. They are both products of the Slight Edge."

We join mastermind groups with a certain goal in mind. We make plans to achieve to these goals but what decisions are you making everyday? Not the big decisions but the seemingly insignificant ones. The author states several times, "these simple positive actions are easy to do and easy not to do".

If you have your mastermind meeting today and it happens to be your worst day ever. You woke up late, someone dented your car, you missed an important meeting, your child got into some trouble at school or whatever catastrophe has hit you today. Missing that meeting is as easy as attending it.

So what does the Slight Edge have to do with your mastermind? We join mastermind groups to learn. Learning also requires action. Applying that action in our everyday decisions is what moves us forward. You may not see the results right away but that doesn't mean something is not working.

As your going about your day look at the decisions you've made and ask yourself if that decision is moving you closer to your goals or further away from them. How are you applying the Slight Edge?