Today Determines Tomorrow
I randomly came across the story “10 Things You Really Begin To Hate When You Get Older” from “Wealth of Geeks” and I not only agree, I laughed out loud in the process. On a more serious note, the first point highlights one reason why I have such compassion for my fellows – we are a physically sick nation and #HEALTHMATTERS.
The author used Reddit posts to compile his story. The first entry “Life Choices,” highlights the decisions one makes in their 20s that have a deleterious impact 20 years later. A 40-something commented on how hard it is to quit smoking and stated, “Screw my 23-year old dumb self.”
When I ran a financial services practice, I said frequently, “What you DO or DON’T DO in your 20s, shows up in your 40s.” I would add extra words when I was discussing one’s financial stability or emotional peace of mind or one’s relational success or, like now, one’s physical health.
Overall, we are products of our past decisions and if you want your future to be as happy, fulfilling, and free as most of us dream, make some changes today. One (1) degree of change today can dramatically alter the course of your life.
The difference between giving 100% and 99%
A popular illustration reinforces the point: Each day, if you give 100% of what you have — nothing more and nothing less — then you will end up the same person at the end of the year. 1 to the power of 365 equals 1.
But if you give just 1 percent more effort, compounded daily, at the end of the year you are 37 times more effective! That’s a huge result for just giving a one percent difference.
On the flip side, if you were to try only 99% each day, compounded over the course of a year you will erode all the way down to 0.03.
Obviously, this is a drastic illustration… Nobody actually ends up being 0.03 percent of themselves after a year of giving less … procrastinating … goofing off … laziness. But,
it just goes to show how one degree difference can have a huge effect over a long period of time.
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Kasandra Vitacca Mitchell
Kasandra Vitacca Mitchell is an Author, Speaker, Coach of Wealth & Happiness with a mission to bring research, wisdom, and authenticity to others via “The Happiness Formula.”
