One Step at a Time

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out." ~ Robert Collier

Think about this following quote:

"If you would go every day to a very large tree and take five swings at it with a very sharp axe, eventually, no matter how large the tree, it would have to come down." ~ Ron Scolastico

"Principle #20 - Practice the Rule of Five" here simply means that every day, we do five specific things that will move our goal toward completion.

Consider these examples:

• If you wrote 5 pages a day over 40 years, that would be 73,000 pages of text - equivalent to 243 books of 300 pages each.
• If you earn an extra RM5 a day over 40 years, that would be RM73,000, enough for you and your spouse to go on a long luxurious vacation to celebrate your 40th wedding anniversary.
• If you invested RM5 a day over 40 years, with a compounding interest of 6% a year, you would have accummulated a small fortune of around RM305,000.

Here is an interesting real-life story "The Daffodil Principle" which exemplifies the power of practicing the rule of five.

Do not under estimate the power of these tiny little steps, because if practiced over time, it can even move mountains.