Name: How To Do Less And Get Ahead of 99% Of People
Uploaded: 2026-01-14T16:55:58.000Z
Duration: 11 min 40 s
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Or one penny that doubled every day for 30 days?

Now, most people, they would take the Millie and run.

But I'm gonna tell you why you should take the penny.

If you took the penny, then on day one, you'd have one cent.

And on day 30, you would have $5.4 million.

This video is not about pennies or dollars.

When you take small actions, they may start slow, but they add up.

They compound, and pretty soon those small actions take rewards.

Have you ever heard the saying by the yard, it's hard, but by the inch, it's a cinch.

What if I told you that you could achieve your wildest dreams and desires in business and in life by taking small, seemingly insignificant steps?

You can, with a little known strategy called kaizen.

Many of the motivational gurus today say that it is only through blood, sweat and tears that we can achieve our goals.

And at the end of this video, I will show you how to use this unfair advantage in your life.

Kaizen is a Japanese word that translates to good change by way of continuous improvement.

Kaizen is the best strategy for accomplishing goals, breaking bad habits, and

it is the most optimum strategy for our human brain.

Did I mention it is the success strategy for everything in the universe?

Relationship expert John Gottman can sit with newlywed couples and with 95% accuracy, can tell whether that couple will be happily married or miserable and divorced.

Does he ask the couple how many trips to Paris they have planned?

Or maybe how expensive was the diamond ring?

You know, it's the little things in life make it worthwhile.

When you get one for yourself, look how you take care of me.

As Gottman says, emotional bids predict relationship success better than any other factor.

John Wooden, one of the most successful coaches in all of sports.

He had an 80% win record in 11 NCAA championships.

When incoming freshmen came practice for the whole first week, do you know what he had them do?

Maybe practice their layups, Maybe shoot free throws.

The most winningest coach in NCAA history for the first week, taught his players how to tie their shoes.

Because he said, if you can tie your shoes correctly, you can run up and down the court for longer periods of time without risking blisters or injury.

He knew that success was based on the small actions.

Wooden said, when you improve a little each day, big things occur.

But don't look for the quick, big improvements.

Another athlete, the legendary Muhammad Ali, said that it's not the mountains you climb that wear you out.

How can anyone love a pebble in their shoe?

What does science have to say about Kaizen?

Well, science knows the smaller the particle, the more explosive the tiny atom wiped out two cities.

Well, earthquakes and tornadoes get a lot of publicity.

But tiny little termites do just as much, if not more damage.

All dis ease happens through a process of Kaizen.

It's a cheeseburger here or skipping exercise there.

And eventually, over time, you have a heart attack.

Doctors, in fact, say that the first mutation that starts the cancer process happens 50 or 60 years before you feel sick enough to go to the doctor.

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