I was reading a really good book the other day called “The Compound Effect” As I read it I found that my life has been this book. I even had my own compound effect going on. The compound effect is all about baby steps really. It talks about how little things, long term, can really add up to good stuff. And yes, sometimes it also adds up to some not so good stuff. Let’s not be negative though and think about the positive part of it all. A good example of this effect long term is one of my favorite little things I experienced with my kids while they were growing up. My kids always seemed to have great questions of curiosity. What I was asked was why I always stop to pick up a single penny, it’s not worth much at all. I then asked them what they would pick up. I was told nothing less than a dime.
I thought for a moment and told them to play a little game with me on this and I’ll bet they will answer their own question. I told them I would pick up any and all change I saw but they could only pick up a dime or higher. They quickly agreed and 30 days later they came to me with their findings of great wealth. A total of $1.25. I said OK, now, let’s talk about this. You over looked the little things going just for the big payoff. I on the other hand took the time to collect even the little things that add up. I then showed them that I had collected $3.75, more than twice their take. Their little eyes rolled back as they tried to wrap their little brains around this. I then explained that yes, a single penny isn’t much, but after you get a few then it’s like a nickel, then a dime and so on. There are a lot more pennies laying around than dimes. I didn’t wait for the payoff to roll in, I created my own payoff a little at a time.
“But that takes so long to do, collecting little things and waiting for it to add up. It took you days to get 10 pennies and I found a dime on the second day.” I was told. I just shook my head a little and told them to really think first. Was it a long time for me to get this? Was it not the same time period you had and all you came up with less than half of my take? Sometimes it only seems like a long time because your mind is looking only at the horizon and not all the cool stuff along the way that made that horizon look so good. It’s the little things that make the picture of our future bright. If we always wait for that big break or special find, we’ll miss so much out of life. Our future may still be awesome but to what level? The old saying about stopping to smell the flowers is a very good thing to incorporate into your life. Do you want your life to read like one of those 1-page free handouts you get at any street corner, or a full on 300 pages plus Novel? With movie rights! LOL! Like I said before and the words just keep coming back,,, The Choice is Yours! Life IS Choice and choice is life. You choose what to do and do what you choose, let the little things in and stop thinking it’s a waste of time. Those little things DO Add Up!
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