Training your mind to be in the present moment is the No. 1 key to making healthier choices.

The Slight Edge

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If you saw one, you would say that the lavender and pink flowers of the water hyacinth are beautiful.

Native to South America, it’s one of the fastest growing plants in the world.

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It can double in size every two weeks by sending out shoots that create daughter plants.

If you spot a single one floating on a pond, come back in two weeks and you’d barely notice any growth.

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A few months later, half the pond might be covered.

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But return the day after that,?and these plants would cover the entire pond.

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Daily changes always seem small—

until enough time passes and those seemingly insignificant?habits become massive shifts ?in your life.

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Habits work like compound interest.

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At 20, start investing only $500 per month at a conservative 5% return rate, and

by the time you’re ready to retire at 60,

you’ve got $769,868.50 in the bank ($529,000 of which is accumulated interest).

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Author Jeff Olson has dubbed this philosophy

“The Slight Edge”: mundane, simple, seemingly insignificant choices that, compounded daily,

lead to any heights of success you dare to imagine.

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What if you improved yourself just one-tenth of 1% each day for 365 days?

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At the end of that year, you would theoretically have improved yourself by 44% !

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How could you improve yourself by a tenth of a percent each day?

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Read a chapter of a brilliant book, do 50 push-ups or… make your bed.

Every single decision you make improves or diminishes your life.

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Successful people choose habits that make good decisions automatic and reap the rewards.