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Slight Edge

Leadership Principles

Saby Labor, Metropolitan State University

Based on the book by Jeff OlsonThe Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines Into Massive Success

Start With a Penny…

To accomplish anything worth accomplishing, to create success, to achieve your dreams, you don’t have to do impossible, extraordinary, superhuman things. But you have to do something.

You have to start with a penny.

Start With a Penny…

Think of one area where you would like to “do a penny’s worth” every single day?

Health

Writing

Family

Knowledge

Skills

Leadership

Quantum Leap Myth

“The difference between winning and losing, the gap that separates success and failure is so slight, so subtle, most never see it.”

No success is immediate.

Nor is any failure instantaneous. They are both products of the Slight Edge.

Quantum Leap Myth

Show Up

Be Consistent

Have a Good Attitude

Be Committed for a Long Period of Time

Have Faith and a Burning Desire

Be Willing to Pay the Price

Practice Slight Edge Integrity

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Show Up

Be Consistent

Have a Good Attitude

Be Committed for a Long Period of Time

Have Faith and a Burning Desire

Be Willing to Pay the Price

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“You have already won half the battle if you will commit in showing up every day.The rest is left up to skill, knowledge, drive, and execution.”

Show Up

Be Consistent

Have a Good Attitude

Be Committed for a Long Period of Time

Have Faith and a Burning Desire

Be Willing to Pay the Price

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“Showing up consistentlyis where the magic happens”

Show Up

Be Consistent

Have a Good Attitude

Be Committed for a Long Period of Time

Have Faith and a Burning Desire

Be Willing to Pay the Price

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“When all things are equal, attitude will set you apart from anything else.”

John C. Maxwell, leadership development expert

Show Up

Be Consistent

Have a Good Attitude

Be Committed for a Long Period of Time

Have Faith and a Burning Desire

Be Willing to Pay the Price

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Ask Yourself:Am I willing to put in 10,000 hours or more to get what I want?

Show Up

Be Consistent

Have a Good Attitude

Be Committed for a Long Period of Time

Have Faith and a Burning Desire

Be Willing to Pay the Price

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“Desire is what gets you up early and

keeps you up late. It’s what keeps you motivated to press forward when adversity hits.”

Show Up

Be Consistent

Have a Good Attitude

Be Committed for a Long Period of Time

Have Faith and a Burning Desire

Be Willing to Pay the Price

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7“Anything worth having is worth working and paying a price for. That’s the price of entry.”

Show Up

Be Consistent

Have a Good Attitude

Be Committed for a Long Period of Time

Have Faith and a Burning Desire

Be Willing to Pay the Price

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Slight Edge Integrity “…is what you do when no one is watching…It is also doing the thing you said you were going to do long after the mood you said it in has left you.”

Two Life Paths

“There are no straight lines;

everything curves. If you’re not

increasing, you’re decreasing.”

“…In life, there is no such thing as staying in the same place.”

“Success doesn’t come from nowhere; it cant be conjured up

our of thin air. It comes from a very small, tiny beginning –but there has to be a beginning.”

It’s easy to do. But it’s easy not to do, too.