| As I started to take steps to financial freedom, I | | | | investments and assets start building up. Until that point, |
| realised that Malcolm Gladwell's notion of the tipping | | | | it all feels like hard work with no reward. |
| point fits extremely well with Jeff Olsen's concept of | | | | Another example comes from the area of health and |
| the slight edge. | | | | weight loss. Four years ago, I weighed 50 lbs (22.5 |
| Gladwell introduces the idea of the tipping point with | | | | kgs) more than I do now. I made a committed decision |
| reference to social epidemics – a good example | | | | to lose a specific amount of weight in particular period |
| being the way that news of the resurgence of US | | | | of time (6 months) for my own unique set of powerful |
| forces was passed around before the defeat of the | | | | reasons. Before long, my brain was making healthy |
| British in the American War of Independence. A | | | | choices because my body wanted them, not because |
| modern example might be a "viral" news story which | | | | of any external force or pressure. I can remember |
| finds its way around the world rapidly via the internet | | | | reaching the tipping point after about 10 weeks and |
| – such as the moment captured on film when a | | | | after that, it was easy to go on and achieve the |
| whale crashed down on a private yacht off the coast | | | | weight loss goal. |
| of South Africa. | | | | It's often been said that achieving financial freedom, as |
| The slight edge comes from combining a series of | | | | with any other form of major life success is an "inside |
| small regular steps into a momentum for change. A | | | | job". In other words, you have to change on the inside |
| whole series of slight edge changes combine to create | | | | for the circumstances and results in your life to change |
| a tipping point and lasting change is assured. | | | | on the outside. Sometimes, especially in the early |
| The notion of the tipping point is apparent everywhere | | | | stages of the journey and when the cynics have |
| the moment we start to look – no more so than | | | | come out to play, it's hard to keep the momentum |
| when a committed decision is made to achieve | | | | going. However, recognizing that you have reached |
| financial freedom. After a period of slight edge | | | | the tipping point on your steps to financial freedom and |
| changes, someone reaches their own financial | | | | that momentum is now unstoppable is a remarkable |
| freedom tipping point and realizes that the goal is highly | | | | and very reassuring feeling. You can enjoy that feeling |
| achievable and literally just around the corner. Passive | | | | – in fact it's your birthright! |
| income starts being created, debts are cleared, | | | | |