We are recording our podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and this week has been packed with work and activities. Even our evenings were busy as we had my sister over on Tuesday, a neighbor’s birthday dinner on Wednesday, and a night of worship at our church on Friday.
As we trek through life together, having a strong community both in person and online is crucial. While some downplay the concept of online communities, they can be very important and powerful in our lives. As we grow in wisdom it is important to reach out to others to both give and receive strength and encouragement.
Let us know how we can be of assistance to you as members of our Wisdom-Trek community. Please share your stories or questions with us on Wisdom-Trek.com/Contact Us, we will work them into future podcasts so that everyone on our Trek can get to know each other.
On yesterday’s trek we learned The Five Principles of Planting and Harvesting which also apply to our lives as we plant good seeds into our own lives and the lives of others. I have created a PDF of these five principles which can be found on our Free Resources page.
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As we leave the clearing of yesterday and continue upwards on our Trek, we will look at how important each small step is in the trek of life. So many times we are looking for the big changes, big results, and instant success in life. Instead of these huge breakthroughs (which usually never happen), we should focus instead on the small Aggregation of Marginal Gains.
While it is vital to know where we are heading or our destination, it is also important to know how we are going to get there. Vision and goals are important, but they will only be achieved one small step at a time. It is by connecting these small steps together that we will be able to make great strides.
So, what is the Aggregation of Marginal Gains? It means the identification of a number of areas in which you can make small gains, which all add up to something much greater.
A phrase coined by one of the finest elite sports coaches in the world, Sir Dave Brailsford, this philosophy was used by the UK cycling team to win most of the medals at the 2004 Olympics in London, and by Team Sky to win the next year’s Tour de France. British Cycling has risen from nowhere to...
