We’ve all heard of the butterfly effect? You haven’t? Fair enough. Its a thought experiment based on a Lorenz attractor to demonstrate the essentially chaotic and uncontrollable nature of reality.

Anyway. Butterfly effect. Small changes in the intial state, big outcomes a while later.

This is found pretty much everywhere we look, but rather than changes to a chaotic system, we can use it to understand that small improvements now can lead to big outcomes in the future, provided we know which of the inputs to poke.

And which inputs of course depends on the goal in mind.

Weight loss? Muscle building? Endurance? Finance? Relationship?

Weight loss? Start with nutrition, then recovery, then exercise.

Muscle building? Same as before, but with more short interval resistance work.

Finance? Spend less. Reduce debt, add income.

Relationships? Listen more. Be present, be the person you’d want to be with.

Seriously, thats it.

None of this stuff takes a 3 hour podcast, a 12 week online course or a retreat with skydancing, funny mushooms and undyed robes.

Do the basics, be relentlessly consistent, see postive change.