Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving. This was my first Thanksgiving alone in many years. I went into NYC and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. It was cold but fun. R&E and Diane invited me for dinner but I needed to be my own person and not rely on others or feel sorry for myself. I did go to Diane's after dinner for games and desert, it was fun.

I now have 3 days to do whatever I want before returning to work on Monday. I can do something useful or I can waste my time! Which will it be?

This morning I read a few pages of "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill I just finished page 39 and still in the introduction and talked about the power of desire. It has a lot of similarities in concept as "The Slight Edge" but is story based rather than practical instruction. There is one section that is practical and it lists 6 steps to achieving riches.
1. Fix the amount of money you desire, a real number.
2. Determine what you are willing to pay (sacrifice?) to get it.
3. Establish a date when you will have it.
4. Create a plan to get there and start immediately.
5. Write down your mission, the results of steps 1 through 4.
6. Read your mission twice a day: when you wake up and before you go to sleep. As you read, see and feel and believe you have already achieved your mission.

These six steps are aimed at money but apply equally to any dream. Sound familiar? It seems like I have read this same advice in several other books.

The basis of "The Slight Edge" has also been with me this morning: things that are easy to do and things that are easy not to do. I have already chosen to do a few things that are easy to do that I would not have done without that simple thought!

Simple thoughts that I will make into a habit:
- Things that are easy to do and things that are easy not to do
- Feel the fear ... but do it anyway
- What's the worst that can happen, what's the best?
- No decision is wrong, decision alternatives give different life experience!