| When I was 8 years old, my parents let me go to | | | | runs, he was able to run a marathon within the |
| the toy store with my buddy Mike and his Mom.My | | | | year.Small change, big results.Let's take an example |
| dad gave me a whole dollar to spend.At the store I | | | | from one of my coaching clients. This person really |
| found a Frankenstein model that I really really | | | | wanted to start a savings plan but believed he did |
| wanted. The problem was the model was 88 cents, I | | | | not have enough money to begin.Experience tells me |
| had a dollar and I didn't want to waste the 12 cents | | | | if you look in the right places, you can usually find a |
| difference.Fortunately for me, Mike's Mom explained | | | | little bit of money.We discovered that he was |
| that if I took the model to the check-out counter | | | | spending at least $2 a day on a soda and a candy |
| and gave the lady the dollar, she would give me 12 | | | | bar on the way to work each morning.That small |
| cents back.I thought this was a pretty cool way to | | | | amount of pocket change adds up to $10 a week, |
| run things so I bought the model.The model is long | | | | approximately $43 a month, which is more than $500 |
| gone, but the lesson is not.Once someone explained | | | | a year.Put that small $2 a day into the right interest |
| the concept of change to me, a new part of the | | | | bearing places, and you are well on your way to a |
| world opened for me.In my work with helping people | | | | healthy savings plan, all based on the small change in |
| to get the changes they want and need in their lives, | | | | a pocket.Small change, big results.So let's put some |
| I find that most clients do not understand the | | | | hands and feet on this, and apply these notions in |
| concept of change. Once people see how easy | | | | your own life.Choose something you have been |
| change can be, they get excited, begin to believe | | | | wanting to change - just one small thing to do |
| they really can change, and a whole new world opens | | | | differently. Give up caffeine, walk around the block |
| up to them.One of the most common places people | | | | each night, go to bed an hour earlier, listen to your |
| get confused about change is the false notion that in | | | | kids, smile at your spouse, etc. All of these are small |
| order to change you have to make big, huge, and | | | | changes that can lead to big results.Here's my |
| difficult changes for it to make a difference.That's | | | | challenge:test this out and see if what I am saying |
| just not true. A small change, the right small change, | | | | makes practical sense.For the next week, choose |
| can bring big results.For example, a plane flying from | | | | just one small thing to do differently and commit to |
| Atlanta to Hawaii could be off course by only one | | | | it.At the end of the week, check out the results.I'm |
| degree at the start and wind up in Australia.Applied | | | | willing to bet you'll be surprised and motivated to |
| to our own lives, just one small correction in our | | | | move on to some more changes. Then you are on |
| course can make all the difference.I know of a man | | | | your way.It may even open up a whole new world |
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| running. The first day, he made one small change in | | | | creating and growing a great relationship. You can |
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