Jack Canfield explains how tiny, consistent behavioral changes—"micro shifts"—produce major results over time. He recommends the "Rule of Five" (perform five action-oriented steps toward your goal each day), gives concrete cumulative examples (500 words/day → ~365-page book; 2 pages/day → ~700 pages/year; cutting one Coke/day → ~43,000 fewer calories/year; 3 push-ups after each bathroom visit → ~30 push-ups/day), and advises linking new behaviors to existing routines. He closes with calls to action to comment, like, share, subscribe, and visit his website (jackcanfield.com).
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Hi, I'm Jack Canfield, and today I want to talk to you about how tiny shifts in your thoughts and your behavior can lead to massive positive changes in your life. You know, there's a well known Chinese proverb that says a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Far too often though, people get caught up in wanting immediate huge results and tend to underestimate the importance and impact of taking small steps consistently over time, over long term time, toward achieving their goals in life. But the problem with focusing on immediate results is they usually either don't happen or they require a large amount of personal sacrifice or investment to achieve them. And a lot of people, when faced with that kind of obligation, will get scared and decide it's not worth it. So they end up not making any real attempt at all. Which is tragic, because if they had only started with taking small steps and consistently nudging themselves toward their goals, chances are they would have cultivated the skills, the experience, and the momentum that they needed to actually achieve their dreams on a slightly longer time frame. And that's the thing about taking small steps. When you do it consistently, they can add up in a big way. Tiny leaps are capable of resulting in huge changes over time. So instead of feeling like you have to go big and bold all the time toward your dreams, I encourage you instead to think of your success journey as a series of small shifts. And when working toward a goal, whatever that goal might be, taking small but consistent actions every day is almost always the best way to get there. If you're ready to make the first tiny step on the path to major results, here's how to get started. Now, there's a simple tool that you can use to ensure that you're taking consistent action positive steps toward the goal, called the Rule of five. And the Rule of Five states that every day you should do five things that will move you closer to achieving your goal. It doesn't matter how small these things are, so long as they're action oriented steps that will actually nudge you forward to your desired result. So if you're running a business, do five specific things each day that will grow or otherwise improve your business in some way. If you're hoping for a promotion at work, do five things each day that will make your promotion more likely. Whatever your goal may be, taking five steps toward reaching it each day and every day will yield major progress, often even faster than you think. For example, writing a book may seem like a monumental task. However, what if you committed to writing just 500 words a day? 500 words equals about one page. So by the end of the year, you'd have written a book that is 365 pages long. And by simply committing to making small progress each day, you will have turned what otherwise may seem like an insurmountable challenge into something you can accomplish in a year's time or less. The same goes for goals that may be less intimidating than writing a book, but are beneficial all the same. For example, if you want to start reading more, simply commit to reading two pages a day, and by the end of the year you'll have read over 700 pages. Or, if you want to cut back on calories, simply cut out one Coke a day, and by the end of the year you will have consumed 43,000 fewer calories. So whatever your goals are, if you commit to small daily progress, chances are you're going to be astounded by the results. Another thing you can do is to link new behaviors you want to adopt to the things you already do. See, the human mind is great at developing associations between concepts and tasks, and this is a principle that you can use to make small steps that might be difficult at first to more easily integrate them into your into your daily routine. And when you link things that you don't necessarily want to do or that are uncomfortable to do with things that you have to do, making continual progress becomes much easier. For example, if you're wanting to start working out more, what about doing three push ups after each time you go to the bathroom during the day? Going to the bathroom is something you're not going to be able to avoid or brush off, and most people go about 10 times a day. So this means that if you do three push ups each time you come out of the bathroom, you'll be doing around 30 push ups each and every day, which will certainly lead to noticeable results in a short amount of time. Now, one of the hardest parts of taking positive steps towards your goals each day is getting into the habit of taking those steps each and every day. You see, small steps can often especially be easy to brush off or postpone, since it may feel like they're insignificant. However, if you link these small steps to tasks that you must do each day, they will become a part of your routine in little time at all, making it easy to commit to making positive progress toward your goals each and every day. So if there is a change that you'd like to make in your life or a goal you want to achieve, I encourage you to think about it as a journey of making small shifts, taking tiny steps, what we now refer to as micro actions. If you were to shift just one degree closer to that goal, what would that look like? What small action could you take today, then another small action tomorrow, and another the day after that? So I encourage you to get clear on that action and commit to start by taking it today and then share what that action is in the comments. I'd love to read what you have to say, so thanks for watching. Remember, you're the only person who has the power to change things in your life. I look forward to seeing what you're going to start doing, so make sure you make a comment below. Now. If you found this video helpful, make sure you like it, share it with a friend who might need it, and subscribe to my channel for more videos like this one and for some additional resources on how tiny steps can be make big changes in your life. Be sure to visit my website at jackcampfield. Com. And again, thanks for watching.
