Daily Gratitude: “Consistency is the ultimate key to success. The compound effect is the strategy of reaping huge rewards from small, seemingly insignificant actions. Small choices + consistency + time = significant results.” This is from James Clear’s review of the book “The Compound Effect” by Darren Hardy. How often have you started some practice that you think will make a difference in your life? How long did you stick with it? Even if you spent 5 minutes every morning doing one thing that you think is important, AND you keep doing it every day, it definitely will make a difference. The trouble is that often when someone doesn’t see results in the period of time THEY decide, they give up and go on to something else. What if women decided that they should be delivering their baby at 4 months gestation? How well do you think that would work? We humans have this thing about controlling everything. The universe has its own laws by which it operates and no matter what we think, those are the laws that guide things. I have gotten into the habit of doing a daily gratitude journal. All I do is list 3 things I’m grateful for each and every day. It takes just a few minutes. It’s such an important part of my life that I even do it during races. It’s small but I do it consistently and it has changed how I look at life. Did that happen after I’d done it for a few weeks? No. Could I have stopped then? Yes but I’m glad I didn’t. Think about the compound effect next time you think something in your life isn’t working….yet.