Eyes on the Prize
Every little thing we do is magic.
A powerful inflection point in my life came when I became aware of the micro-decisions and tiny choices I was constantly making. I started to realize that small course corrections and direction changes lead to entirely different places over time.
I stopped thinking like a catepillar and more like a butterfly. We may be worms, but we can be glow worms.
The small moments and what we decide to do with them transform us over the long haul.
Every minute of one’s life, one is either developing or diminishing.
“Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.” — Leo Tolstoy
We frequently believe that tremendous accomplishment demands massive action. However, if we improve by 1% every day, we will be 37 times better at the end of the year, and if we decline by 1% per day, we will end up approaching zero. This cumulative effect is the Magic of Compounding. Compounding works in finance, and it works with human behavior.
There is a fascinating article in the latest Sports Illustrated about Cooper Kupp and how he focused on small body mechanics and awareness to become a major force in the NFL.
