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How would you like to change your life radically for the better? How would you like to get unstuck from obstacles or opportunities that have been holding you back from living the life you have always dreamed of having? It sounds too good to be true, but it is pretty simple. It is called The 1% Rule. This is a book written by Tommy Baker. There are a lot of great nuggets in this book, but I will boil it down to a few key points.

People get stuck in many areas of their life. It could be work, health, diet, finances, relationships, or their spiritual growth. The key here is that the 1% rule applies to every aspect of your life. The reason we get stuck in neutral and don't move forward is that we don't know how to shift gears. Once you learn this, it will change your life in every area that you apply it to. The key is progress. As long as you are making some progress (no matter how small it is) every day, you can stay motivated to achieve success.

Sometimes we look at the obstacles or opportunities that we are facing and we just get overwhelmed with the enormity of it all. We want to do something, but we don't know how, so you know what most people do? Nothing! They get stuck waiting for “the right moment.” Guess what? The right moment does not exist! You have to create it! The right moment is waiting on YOU to do something positive. That idea alone is worth the price of admission.

But get this: If you make 1% progress every day for a year, how much progress will you have made at the end of a year? You would think there are 365 days in the year, so you would have made 365% progress, and that would be a lot for anyone, but you would be wrong. If you just make 1% progress every day for a year because of the power of compounding over time, you will have made a 3,700% positive change in your life! Let that sink in for a moment.

What challenges or opportunities are waiting for you? Can you make just a 1% effort in that area every day for a year? I don't know about you, but this is a life changing concept for me. We now have the vehicle to get us where we are going, and we have been taught how to shift gears. So....where do YOU want to go now?

P.S. Has anyone ever told you how to eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Inch by inch it's a cinch. Now I get it!

Shalom!

Daniel Skognes

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