One day, I looked at a bucket in my garden in a completely different way, and it reinforced something I’d known for a long time but only when it comes to making a small, consistent commitment every day.
It was sitting empty and unused in my garden when I noticed a small leak dripping from the tap (faucet). So, I sat my bucket underneath the tap, and counted the drops. About once every four seconds so I could hear water drip into the bucket.
My first thought was wondering if those drips would amount to anything. So, I got busy working, and came out later in the day, maybe 5-6 hours later. By golly, there was a gallon and a half of water in the bucket. That leak is costing me a lot of money to sit there running like that. Glad I had that bucket to capture the water.
It made me think about all the times accountants and money managers told me putting a little bit of money away in this particular account (bucket) over the span of 20 to 30 years could amount to $1 million.
I used to look at things this way and say, “Riggghhhttttt,” out of young foolishness, and not looking at my relationship with a bucket. As I describe in my vlog, just a little bit of consistent effort really does amount to something.
Even if your time is limited, you’ll learn why making some consistent effort every day for 100 days — for example, mastering one aspect of The Last 4 Doctors You’ll Ever Need — means you’ll enjoy a 100 percent improvement in your life in a little more than three months.
Love and chi,
Paul
