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  • DO YOU EVER HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN A GLASS OF SODA OR A GLASS OF WATER

  • AND YOU PICK THE SODA BECAUSE "WELL, IF YOU HAVE A GLASS OF SODA TODAY,

  • IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO WAKE UP OVERWEIGHT AND UNHEALTHY TOMORROW?"

  • THAT'S BASICALLY HOW WE ALL LIKE TO THINK. THAT SOMEHOW,

  • SUCCESS ONLY COMES FROM DOING HUGE, IMPORTANT THINGS RIGHT.

  • YOU'RE GOING TO ONLY BUY KALE FOR YOUR HOUSE AT SOME POINT

  • AND BECOME ULTRA HEALTHY, BUT UNTIL THEN,

  • IT'S NOT LIKE DRINKING THIS ONE SODA WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN MAKE YOU

  • THIS UNHEALTHY PERSON IN ONE DAY.

  • SO YOU HAVE THIS BIG PARADOX. ON ONE HAND, YOU'RE RIGHT.

  • THE LITTLE DECISION DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. THIS ONE DECISION WON'T REALLY AFFECT

  • YOUR HEALTH IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WAY. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,

  • IT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS. BECAUSE IN A YEAR,

  • YOU'LL BE THE RESULT OF YOUR EVERY LITTLE DECISION COMPOUNDED.

  • SO IN ESSENCE, EVERY LITTLE DECISION MATTERS.

  • AND THESE LITTLE THINGS ARE EASY TO DO. WHEN YOU'RE ON YOUR LUNCH BREAK TOMORROW,

  • YOU CAN MAKE THE CHOICE TO DRINK WATER INSTEAD OF SODA.

  • ANYONE IS CAPABLE OF DOING THAT. BUT SINCE IT'S EASY TO DO,

  • IT'S ALSO EASY NOT TO DO AND JUST ORDER THE SODA.

  • BUT WHAT IF YOU DECIDE TO DO THIS LITTLE THING RIGHT?

  • YOU WON'T BE ANY HEALTHIER THE NEXT DAY, BUT AFTER A YEAR OF DRINKING WATER INSTEAD

  • OF SODA EVERY LUNCH, YOU WOULD SEE HUGE HEALTH BENEFITS FROM IT.

  • AND YOU CAN APPLY THIS TO ANYTHING. WHAT IF YOU JUST READ 10 PAGES OF A GOOD BOOK

  • EVERY NIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED? ANYONE COULD DO THAT.

  • THAT'S A PRETTY EASY THING TO DO. BUT SINCE IT'S PRETTY EASY TO DO,

  • IT'S ALSO PRETTY EASY TO JUST IGNORE IT AND NOT DO IT.

  • IF YOU READ 10 PAGES TONIGHT, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WILL WAKE UP

  • THIS SMART, ENLIGHTENED PERSON TOMORROW. BUT WHAT ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW?

  • THAT'S LIKE 15 BOOKS. 15 GOOD BOOKS COULD LITERALLY TURN YOU

  • INTO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON. WHAT IF YOU DO THIS FOR 4 YEARS AT COLLEGE

  • WHILE EVERYONE ELSE AROUND YOU DOESN'T READ THE 10 PAGES

  • BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANY BETTER THE NEXT DAY?

  • THAT'S LIKE 60 BOOKS. 60 GOOD BOOKS COULD PUT YOU AHEAD OF

  • EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS WHETHER THAT BE RELATED TO FINANCES, RELATIONSHIPS,

  • OR JUST OVERALL HAPPINESS.

  • SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE THIS PARADOX. ON ONE HAND YOU CAN FALL FOR THE UNSUCCESSFUL

  • MINDSET OF, "WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE THIS LITTLE DECISION

  • MATTERS." BUT IN REALITY, THE LITTLE DECISIONS THAT

  • WE MAKE IS ALL THAT MATTERS. EVERY LITTLE DECISION OF YOURS WILL BE COMPOUNDED

  • AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND WHO YOU ARE WILL BE THE RESULT OF IT ALL.

  • NOW HERE'S THE THING... I THINK IT'S JUST HUMAN AND OKAY TO INDULGE

  • IN THINGS... I DO IT ALL THE TIME.

  • IT'S NOT LIKE I'M THIS LITTLE ROBOT WHO DOES EVERYTHING QUOTE UNQUOTE RIGHT.

  • BUT I'M AT LEAST MORE AWARE OF HOW I THINK ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS.

  • I HAVE A VISION OF WHO I WANT TO BE IN A YEAR, AND I ASK MYSELF WITH EVERY LITTLE DECISION,

  • IS THIS GOING TO MOVE ME CLOSER TO THAT PERSON OR NOT?

  • AND THE ANSWER ISN'T ALWAYS YES, BUT AT LEAST I'M AWARE OF IT,

  • AND AT LEAST I TRY TO ALIGN MORE OF MY LITTLE DECISIONS WITH THAT VISION.

  • AND THE MORE I CAN ANSWER YES, THE MORE I REALIZE THAT I'M CLOSER TO BEING

  • THAT PERSON AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

  • BUT THE SURPRISING REALIZATION FOR ME HAS BEEN

  • HOW MANY TIMES THE ANSWER IS NO. NO, THIS ISN'T MOVING ME TO WHERE I WANT TO

  • BE IN A YEAR. AND THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON

  • OF THE SLIGHT EDGE. A HUGE LESSON OF TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

  • FOR WHERE YOU ARE IN LIFE.

  • WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR AND YOU'RE UNHEALTHY,

  • HAVING BEEN CONSCIOUS ABOUT ALL YOUR LITTLE DECISIONS

  • WILL AT LEAST MAKE YOU REALIZE WHY YOU'RE UNHEALTHY.

  • YOU'RE NO LONGER GOING TO BLAME YOUR POOR HEALTH

  • ON HOW YOUR JOB DIDN'T PAY YOU ENOUGH TO EAT HEALTHY,

  • YOU'RE GOING TO REALIZE THAT IT'S BECAUSE YOU DECIDED TO BUY THE SODA OVER

  • THE FREE WATER EVERY SINGLE DAY AT LUNCH.

  • IT'S BECAUSE YOU DECIDED TO BUY THE MORE EXPENSIVE BAG OF COOKIES

  • INSTEAD OF BUYING THE CHEAPER BANANAS EVERY TIME YOU WENT SHOPPING.

DO YOU EVER HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN A GLASS OF SODA OR A GLASS OF WATER

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