Small Changes Big Results

Small Changes

The kaizen approach is all about making small changes and improvements to our lives and routines. Small improvements can produce great results that you will begin to notice rather quickly.

You will feel happier as you increase your productivity and performance.

One Small Step

Have you ever wanted to write a book? One small step to take is to write a page a day, and by the end of one year you should have a completed novel.

Do you have a hard time saving money? Try saving just $20 a week and you will have over a thousand dollars by the end of one year. Small amounts of money will make your saving grow.

The kaizen approach also says that even a tiny deviation can have disastrous results over time.

Think of it this way:

You are getting ready to throw a dart at the board that is many feet away. Before you throw the dart you need to know how far away from the dartboard you are, then you need to calculate the angle you need to throw to hit your target.

If your angle is even a slight 5 degrees off, then your dart will miss the target. It might miss the board and keep on sailing right on by.

This is how life is. The small changes can be good changes that bring positive results, or they can be poor changes that see you sailing right on past your intended goal.

Cumulative Effect

Because the cumulative effect can make or break you, it is wiser to stick to small changes in your life that are positive.

The butterfly effect is a simple way to understand how small things can have huge repercussions somewhere down the road.

Think about your appearance for a minute. Every day you dress for whatever might be happening that particular day.

Small Improvement

What if one weekend morning you decide to dress nicer than you normally do on weekends. This is just a small change in your normal routine.

Now, you head to town to get your weekly errands done and you run into an old acquaintance and strike up a lively chat.

As you chat you are asked a few questions about your current job. You mention you like it well enough, but would leave if a better opportunity came along.

Today might just be your lucky day. This acquaintance mentions he owns a thriving business and could really use someone just like you. He asks if you are interested and you tell him you are.

What If…

What if you had gone to town in your usual grubby weekend work clothes?

What if you weren’t as put together as you set out to be that day.

Would this person have stopped to talk?

Or had the chance to offer you that job?

It’s possible he might have strolled right on by, pretending not to know you.

This is the kaizen approach at work. That small change in your normal routine changes the course of your life for the better.

Remember, think kaisen – think small improvements!