The Little Things: Why You Really Should Sweat the Small Stuff

by Andy Andrews

you aren’t really lacking money. You aren’t really lacking time. Or leadership. You are only lacking one thing. An idea. One idea will change everything. One idea will change the world.

I don’t know of any other little thing that wields as much negative power as taking offense.

Always remember that you have been created with a will that is stronger than your emotions. You can choose how you act, despite how you feel.

This tells us that if we want to be wise, we should seek to obtain a vast knowledge of principles. We should strive to understand those principles. Then we should dig in even more, thinking our way to a deeper understanding of principles.

A deeper understanding is only a little more understanding than you have today. A little more understanding can change the world.

Comfort, acceptance, and assurance are life’s rewards that the average person demands immediately. The extraordinary achiever, however, chooses to work without any of them for a time in order that his family might enjoy vast helpings of all three for generations.