The Slight Edge - An Introduction to Consider If You Are Starting Your Own Business

As I read the introduction to The Slight Edge, I just felt - "Well - maybe the same could be said for every single person on the planet?"I started to ask more questions
How many people on this earth today actually achieve more than 5% of what they are capable of achieving?
Why is that?
Who must they feel about that?
How many of them actually think about it it and are unhappy about it?
How many have chosen not to think about it it and are happy with what they have?
If none of us thought about being better than we are, would we be better off?
For so many people who actually do put their heads above the parapet, they often feel the brunt of people fears, especially in relation in starting a business or working for yourself, or internet marketing or network marketing or MLM.As someone who has chosen not just to be average, I often find myself doing exactly the same as Jeff Olson did in the book, The Slight Edge.Personally, we use a system when we coach our client to explain this very scenario. We call it above and below the line. People who operate below the line do three things.They BlameThe Make ExcusesThey operate in a state of DenialYou see, this is often a very comfortable place to operate. They can blame the government or the fat cats or the recession for their current miserable financial state.They can make excuses that they do not have the time, the energy to work on improving themselves.They may not even admit that there is anything wrong about only just surviving.While you may not be wealthy living this ex
istence, you may feel a certain sense of security. This is what many people crave in fact - I'd go so far as to say that upwards of 80% of the population crave security more than anything else.When you read the introduction to the Slight Edge, I get the feeling that the Shoe Shine woman craves security more than anything else. Familiarity gives security, being able to speak to people gives security. She's a nice woman who's able to hold a conversation and knows all the people. But is this enough to help her to rise above the norm? Yes, she does want for better things and for better things for her children, but at what risk, and at what risk to her feeling of security.She knows that her stand will be there tomorrow, she could probably tell you exactly what she will make tomorrow. How could she give this up for the unknown?In her case, as is the case with so many people they do not even know that it's possible to be more, to do more and to have more. No one has told them and t
heir desire for security has suppressed the wanting to be better and to do more.

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