Before you begin reading about “the question,” i recommend first reading excerpt 1, 2, and 3 because this is a summary of all the three posts. Now, ‘the question’: Two boys. Two frogs. Two powerful choices. Riches or poverty. Life or death.
We are making these same choices, every day, every hour, and the choices we make are spreading out through our life, just like the water hyacinth.This is where we all go wrong with the choices because You may not see the results today, or tomorrow, or even next year. They do not happen in an instant.
In fact, by the time you do finally see the results, the process will probably be so far away that the surface of the pond will be completely covered.
Now the question is, covered with what?
When the wealthy man spoke to his sons, the second boy thought he was offering them a choice of which money to take. But the first boy listened more carefully. He remembered that money was only the second gift. He understood that the choice was not whether to take the penny or the sheaf of bills… the choice was whether or not to take the third gift.
Wisdom.
The lesson was not about money: it was about wisdom. It was a lesson about compound interest, leverage, geometric progression and growth. It was a lesson about the Slight Edge.
The choice the wealthy man offered his two sons is the same choice the world offers, every day, every hour: sickness or health; sinking poverty or abundant wealth; deepening loneliness and alienation or a rich and growing circle of friends.
The Slight Edge is the guide to the wealthy man’s third gift; it will help in learning habits of thought and action that will allow you to choose the penny doubled, every time. It will keep you paddling until your cream becomes butter. It gives you the power to choose what to plant in your life, so that you will end up completely blanketing the surface of the pond with the blossoms of your choice.
Use the slight edge to your advantage.
In my next post, i will clearly discuss what the slight edge is.
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