Reddit reviews The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness
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The Slight Edge
This is the slight edge. There's a book about it: https://www.amazon.com/Slight-Edge-Turning-Disciplines-Happiness/dp/1626340463
It's not about getting better in a day, it's about getting better over the course of days.
I would like to recommend Jeff Olson’s The Slight Edge on the compound effects of little choices and small steps in life. Here’s a quote from it:
“The truth is, what you do matters. What you do today matters. What you do every day matters. Successful people just do the things that seem to make no difference in the act of doing them and they do them over and over and over until the compound effect kicks in.”
There’s also a nice video review of the book:
https://youtu.be/bi7yB7wH3to
Amazon.com links provided:
1 The Slight Edge
2 Mastery
3 The 4-Hour Workweek
4 The Art of Power
5 Thinking, Fast, and Slow
6 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
7 The Power of Now
8 The Power of Habit
9 Whatcha Gonna Do with That Duck?
10 The 48 Laws of Power
11 Your True Home
12 Ego Is the Enemy
13 The 4 Hour Body
14 The UltraMind Solution
15 The Dip
I've read a lot of business books in the past year. These include:
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Rich Dad Poor Dad
Think and Grow Rich
How to Win Friends & Influence People
Secrets of Closing the Sale
How to Master the Art of Selling
The E-Myth Revisited
The Compound Effect
The Slight Edge
The $100 Startup
The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur
I have 4HWW waiting to be read, in addition to about 15 other books that are sitting there, waiting to be read.
The $100 Startup is very inspiring, especially for people who have no chance at securing a "normal" job (I dropped out of college). The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur is also very informative. But out of this list, by far, my two favorite books are The Compound Effect and The Slight Edge. #1 going to The Slight Edge. Read this book. Maybe it won't apply to everyone as much as it did to me, but it totally changed my attitude towards life.
Found the book
I am also very all or nothing with little long term success, this speaks to me.
Happy cake day and congratulations!
I really dig the Slight Edge philosophy.
It's if you work on something a day to gain 1% mastery, time will eventually get you there.
It's not about the intensity, but the consistency. The daily discipline.
I highly recommend everyone to read the Slight Edge book.
>Why can't i just do shit, it's so easy
Because it's easier to do the same shit you've been doing.
When you're feeling low and haven't had a taste of success, doing things that matter feels pointless, yet it's the only way to better your life as you say you want. I would suggest you read a few books, The War of Art and The Slight Edge that might nudge you in the right direction.
A few very concerning reviews. For example,
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/1626340463/R1YT87K3YA4PB1/ref=cm_cr_dp_mb_rvw_2?ie=UTF8&cursor=2
Looking forward to the discussion though
Hi OP, reading your comment "I’m really insecure about my intelligence" took me back a bit. I'm a scientist (and a few decades older) and there is no good scientific explanation for intelligence. IQ is a measure of what IQ tests measure - and work from 2011 illustrates the effect of motivation [see here for an article from Science.](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/04/what-does-iq-really-measure)
You should be humble, which means you don't even think about how 'smart' or 'intelligent' (quotes used on purpose!) you are perceived, you are just /u/Spudnik1808 that fellow or gal who is a genuine person with good empathy.
The brightest people I know don't think themselves very 'smart' themselves. Why?
They know how ignorant they are, and are pushing hard to reduce that ignorance, and so they are humble about it and outwork the brightest. You know, tortoise and hare stuff.
A copy of [The Slight Edge](https://www.amazon.com/Slight-Edge-Turning-Disciplines-Happiness/dp/1626340463) is on my bookstand, and I'm going to start reading it this weekend. It will likely confirm a suspicion I've had for a long time - that my own personal self-image isn't built on 'I'm the smartest, I'm the best' but rather 'I'm the hardest working, I'm the hungriest' which has made an enormous difference in both my personal and professional life.
As others have said there will be always somebody who knows more, earns more, is more famous, is more handsome/pretty, is more accomplished than you. And it really doesn't matter.
FWIW don't let it bug you - it really doesn't matter what people think (of whether you are considered 'smart' or not).
I'll finish with a quote from Goethe: "To create something you must be something."
Looks like you're practicing The Slight Edge! Been reading the book.
Small things does not show right away. Small things + time = huge improvement. Your comment above reminds me of the content of the book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Slight-Edge-Disciplines-Happiness/dp/1626340463
Keep it up!
I suggest reading The Slight Edge.
This book addresses the exact issue you are describing.
For a shorter (and cheaper) version, you can also take a look at this
animated book review.
The title pretty describes what this expands on.
The compounding affect of daily small actions.
Great read and facts/research inside.
http://www.amazon.com/Slight-Edge-Turning-Disciplines-Happiness/dp/1626340463/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425313787&sr=8-1&keywords=the+slight+edge
Congratulate yourself,
I am serious. I know that sounds goofy, but you've done it! You've already quit. You thought it through and you've had the willpower to come here and talk to us. I am sure we could think of a million ways in which you could already have a new gaming computer.
The cycle is bad, harsh, and it can be extremely depressing to think about the past. I can deeply sympathize with that feeling, sometimes I still feel it. But, you are starting a new book now. Focus on the present. I am going to paraphrase (badly) the stoics here:
>There are only two things you can control: your thoughts, and your actions.
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You've already started acting in a way that will make you feel better and be better in the long term. Two recommended readings are:
Scheduling your days is step 4 in this intro. It is critical to start. You need to fill up your days with new things. A daily schedule can keep you on the right path.
The others are right, start a budget now and earmark all money to be spent or saved for other more important things. r/personalfinance has a wiki in the sidebar, great place to start.
Gamequitters has a hobby tool, to help you find new hobbies. https://gamequitters.com/hobby-tool/
If you need a computer to be part of society, ensure the next computer you get is not gaming capable, if you can.
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In this vein, I recommend "The Slight Edge" by Jeff Olson. It covers this simple concept in a bit more detail. It's one of the top 3 books which helped me set my life in order.
This book is for you: http://www.amazon.com/Slight-Edge-Turning-Disciplines-Happiness/dp/1626340463/
It teaches a method that will enable you to get out of your situation with 100% guarantee if you follow it (yes, guarantee - literally). It's nothing magical, but in fact simple and easy to do. The only catch is that you need to do it, you need to read it and apply it. I did it (but honestly, forgot about it once I reached my goal - I need to read it again!). This is one of the books that can really change your life. Good luck!
Its never a waste of time if it is what you enjoy doing.
One of my favotite books that got me started a few years ago was The Slight Edge: https://www.amazon.com/Slight-Edge-Turning-Disciplines-Happiness/dp/1626340463
Its a really easy read and It is pretty cheap now. I think it could really help you.
Here are some of the online sources that have helped me. You probably know some of them already.
https://www.schoolism.com/
https://www.proko.com/
https://www.nma.art/
Actually Noah Bradley wrote about the $10 Ultimate Art Education here with more resources linked :
https://noahbradley.com/blogs/blog/dont-go-to-art-school
https://www.wattsatelier.com/online/ is my favorite and Jeff Watts has an awesome video about this here: https://youtu.be/KX0MrnzBJ8M
Thanks for being cool. And good luck!
The Slight Edge will change your whole outlook on accomplishing your goals, from the most important to the most mundane.