If you look closely at anything in nature you'll note how physically big plants for example only consist of a number of smaller parts. It's the culmination of all the parts that make up the ―largeness‖ that may only become and exist through a process of growth. Tony Robbins frequently discusses the power of making small incremental alterations in our lives. The reason why most individuals never succeed is because in planning on doing too much all together, they never take the beginning step in doing something small. Incremental gains taps into one of the building blocks of our cosmos called compounding. Modern science attributes the principle of compounding to the very being of our universe. The precept of compounding merely means that growth is incremental. One becomes 2, 2 becomes 4, 4 becomes 8, 8 become 16 and so forth. This is the way the world ―expands‖ and this is the way your life builds.

If a big tanker sets off on a 5000 mile journey halfway across the world, plainly it wants to take the shortest route by going in a direct line. Now what if the piloting system wasn‘t correctly calibrated? What if his course was off by simply half a degree? The answer is easy: the tanker would wind up at the wrong continent. The lesson of the story is that we need to truly take charge of the small things for they're not just important but they're everything. - 8 - When it comes to accomplishing our dreams or accomplishing our goals the one very important aspect to keep close to heart is the fact that it only takes one thought to metamorphose everything.