REI Wealth Monthly Issue 14 | Page 53

HARNESSING THE POWER OF “BIG MO”; HOW DO YOU GET IT? SHARON VORNHOLT On the other hand, if you head on over to a busy Getting Started is Kind of Like Dating park on a nice day you will see something much different. Find the merry go round that we all loved It’s a process. There is no magic pill or easy button, to jump on when we were kids. Watch how most of but there is a proven method of success. Think of the kids will jump on and wait for something to the race between the hare and the turtle. The hare “magically happen” to get the thing moving. Sure was much faster than the turtle, but the turtle still enough if you stand there long enough, you will won the race. That’s because slow and steady wins see a tiny “Big Mo” mover and shaker dig his heels the race every time. You don’t have to be the in and start to push the merry go round. At first it is smartest or the fastest. You just have to be the one really hard. In fact you can hardly see any that makes smart choices, takes those baby steps movement. After a while, slowly it begins to move. that you have created (habits) and put them to work Little by little momentum kicks in. Then you can day after day (consistency). see the little guy that has done all the hard work formula: Here is the magic pushing and shoving the merry go round has to run to catch up and jump on so he can ride. You  Small Smart Choices + Consistency + Time = Radical Difference That’s “Big Mo”. Once it kicks in, it will be almost impossible to stop you. You will be unbeatable. What is the hardest part of this formula? It is This explains why the rich get richer and the lucky consistently get luckier. They have finally harnessed the power inconsequential actions every single day even of “Big Mo”. when you aren’t seeing results. taking those small, seemingly