The painstaking work of change happens in the moments that comprise the hours, the hours that build the days, the days that make up the months, and the months that form the years of our lives.

When you add it all up, where we begin is never where we end. Everything comes to an end, but not everyone finishes where they want to. Where we end and how we finish are determined by the direction and rate of our growth. The multiplication of our speed along the journey can be broken down into the millions of decisions we make over the course of time. Each decision has a bearing (some more than others) on the type of person we become and where we finish the race.

Growth is gradual because the small fractional movements towards better or worse are imbedded in our daily decisions. Each decision we make pushes us towards becoming a type of person we are going to become.

Let me explain. If you eat a piece of fruit every single day for an entire year, you are building the identity of someone who chooses to eat fruit instead of candy. Added up over time, after many years of the same decision, these choices form you into the type of person who either becomes fat or skinny, healthy or unhealthy.

Growth is gradual because a single decision is limited in the scope and power of its influence; but a bunch of decisions, added up, over time, will have a massive effect on who you become.

Take the case of choosing to exercise. It is possible to wake up one day and decide that you’re going to work out every single day for the next year. But here’s the thing, you still have to make the choice to uphold that commitment each time you “re-decide” to put on your workout clothes and go the gym.

The process of becoming is found in the courage to make the choice to uphold your prior commitment to on an ongoing basis. Growth is the gradual, consistent, unrelenting process of reaffirming your commitment each time you’re challenged to make a choice.

The process of change consists in building up your potential through the power of your will. The power inside of you is supercharged each time you reaffirm your convictions with the millions of small actions you make each day. In other words, you are constantly building who you want to become with how you decide to act.

The identity of who you are in the present is always determined by the decisions you made in the past and the person you become in the future is a result of everything you do TODAY. A better future starts right now. Attack the day in a way that your future self will appreciate. Don’t delay, the time to get started is now.

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Growth is Gradual

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