The Hidden Power of Small Actions

I watched you lace up those running shoes yesterday. Ten minutes. That's all you committed to. Just ten minutes of running.

But something happened after those ten minutes ended, didn't it? There was this small but unmistakable shift inside you. A quiet voice that whispered, "I did that. I can do it again. Maybe tomorrow I can do more."

That, right there, is what I want to talk about today.

We hear a lot about compound interest in finance, how small investments grow exponentially over time. We understand physical compounding, like how consistent workouts gradually transform our bodies. But there's another kind of compounding that's just as powerful, yet rarely discussed: mental compounding.

Mental compounding is the accumulated belief that grows each time you follow through on an action.

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