It’s Just 10 Minutes a Day…

Comments(0) By Brett Figueroa •June 25th, 2008

The Winning Edge

For a professional Realtor the winning edge is about doing the little things that make the biggest difference. The little things that in the long run add up to a lot! Most fail in this area because they are not convinced it’s the little things, they still believe it’s the big things.

Take note, it’s the little things that add up or what we call stack up, otherwise known as the stacking effect.

Take reading for example, most cannot be bothered as they attempt to bite off too much at one time…the 10 minute theory is a great way to see the stacking effect in action.

First of all, “readers are leaders” and “those that do not read are no better off than those that cannot read,” it becomes a self enforced illiteracy. Reading is vital to growth as humans; it collapses timeframe’s and compresses decades of information into days of time. If one reads for 10 minutes a day, that’s 70 minutes a week or 280 minutes a month, which translates into 4.5 hours a month of reading. Now 4.5 hours is not a whole lot of reading, yet with the stacking effect in action, it’s 54 hours a year and that’s a lot of reading…all for 10 minutes a day.

Put this principle into play with doing a closed eye process right before bed with your dreams and visions in play or writing in your journal or engaging with your spouse at a deeper level. Most are financially broke at the end of life, not because they did not have enough along the way, they had literally million, yet nothing left, why? Because they simply did not invest $10 bucks a day, they lived under the illusion they would start to invest when they had more money that was a lie or a myth. When they finally get the “more” money their car breaks down or the washer machine goes defunct, you know the story.

This simple principle goes with prospecting, reading, investing in ones marriage, building relationships or anything that has the ability to grow. Imagine putting almost 50 hours a year into your marriage, writing in your journal or developing your skill sets??

We are talking here about the miracle of compounding growth and Albert Einstein described compound growth as the eighth wonder of the world. You do not notice the growth right at first, whether it be the $300 bucks in savings or the 10 minutes of nightly reading, yet down the road it’s hardly recognizable. The winning edge is doing the little things that add up to the big difference, it’s the sharpening of the ax. Abraham Lincoln said to sharpen the ax, not to cut longer.

Take the 10 minutes to sharpen; you’ll be glad you did.

What is an area of your life that if you were to invest 10 minutes a day into your life would have a complete turnaround? what area of your business? what area of your relationships? What about your health?

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