A long time ago I read the book “The ONE Thing” by Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan
And today I realize how much the visual with the Domino Effect has marked and helped me.
The biggest projects all start with an action. The most insignificant one.
The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.
— Sun Yat-sen
The experience of the Domino Effect.
You may have seen this experiment on youtube (see below) the author explains and demonstrates that each domino is able to push and drop one and a half times its size.
He starts with a 0,5 mm domino and end at 13 dominoes, he drops a 45 kilos piece. If he continues, at 29 dominoes, he will knock down the Empire State Building.
This is the power of one small action. It rolls and each one advances your project with a multiplying force.
The domino effect.
I have experienced the Domino Effects on many occasions:
- With a team where we set ambitions far greater than our budget. Our first actions seemed insignificant. But at the end of the year, we were celebrating successes never known in the company.
- Or when I set out to do an Iron Man without knowing how to swim the crawl. (Yes I did 😀)
- Or when I decided to start a blog to improve my English (my native language is French) and after 1 year, it’s approaching 15 000 views….
We all have examples like that. And if you don’t have one yet. Don’t panic.😀
There is a recipe. It requires discipline and patience, but it’s available to everyone.
The recipe of the Domino Effect is so secret that I’m going to reveal it to you here 😀
- View the big picture. What do you want to do? Dream big. I use my life plan as an exercice and a guide.
- Don’t try to create a plan for the destination.
- Look for the very first actions—your domino of a few millimeters.
- Launch the action.
- Move on to the next one.
- Do it for a long time.
One day, you’ll have your “Empire state building” moment.
Why am I telling you this?
We are approaching the New Year. The time to make resolutions.
Prepare yourself mentally. This year will not be another year where you scribble few ideas on a piece of paper that disappears the next day.
This year is your year. And your first action is to make an appointment with yourself in your calendar.
But for what?
To think, gather, prune, and choose your project. Your “One Thing” that you will be fighting for in 2022.
For me, that beautiful moment is set for 12/19/2021 and I don’t intend to miss it.
When is yours scheduled?
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