Power of 5 & Running Legend

Jack and me during the book signing session

One key takeaway from Jack Canfield's 1 day seminar talk I attended late Sep, is the "Power of Five".

Simply put, if you keep doing 5 new things a day, everyday, that will help you closer to your goal, you are gonna to achieve your dream in no time.

I think Jack and his partners must have used just this principle to help them propel their book series and achievements to new height :)

The consistency and persistence rationale behind fits very well, and greatly exemplified with an inspiring story I heard in two different occasions.

It's the story of an Australian runner by the name of Cliff Young. Cliff (a potato farmer) entered the ultra marathon to run from Sydney to Melbourne, at the age of 61, with no prior experience, support, or even proper sports attire.

Contrary to what others thinking that he would quit (or die) in the race, Uncle Cliff actually won this super long distance race, and broke the record by finishing the race in less than 6 days!

His winning secret? He just kept running no matter how slow he had been as compared to the rest of top class runners, who would run 18hrs then rest 6hrs.

The consistency and persistency actually made such a paradigm shift to the runners, that they all adopt Cliff's method the following year :)

You can read more on Cliff's story and his other encounters from this link. Cliff Young, what a name and legend. Salute!!

I reckon if we can do not five but at least one new thing consistently on a regular basis, we would be on the sure path to success, agree?