“If we all did the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” ~Thomas Edison

The thoughts on this website are meant to spark ideas on how folks can improve lives and therein the world just by making a few things 10% better at a time.  It just occurred to me that as the drum major for such a parade I might have to practice what I preach, walk the walk, follow my lead, put up or shut up…you get my drift.  Man oh man oh what have I done?   I am far from being where I would like to be which is good because I guess that gives me lots of room to be better.

So I thought I would start with a common want to be better at task…I’m going to lose some weight.  And by putting it out there into the universe that just made it real. (Well, at least it does to me and the seven readers of this blog).  Now, here‘s the thought a 10% change is what I’m after so that would mean weigh myself right now…and then do the math to see what the 10% of that would be…subtract that number and voila’ there’s my goal weight.  For now. That sounds right, so let me go see what I weigh right now…hold on a sec (insert Jeopardy music here).  Okay, wow I’m weighing in at 235lbs so 10% is twenty-three and a half pounds to go. I can do that or now that I have put it out there, I choose to do that.

Now, someone might ask “How would you losing weight lead to a 10% better world?”

And that’s a real question but this is how I see it all rippling out into the world.

I lose twenty some pounds and I am bound to be in a better mood.  Be more pleasant.  Be more energetic. Be healthier.  Be more fun.  The healthier alone is a plus because it lowers health care risks, quality of life and expectancy.  This affects everyone around me.  My loss of weight changes my attitude. This changes how I interact with the world.  Which changes the way that person I interact with, interacts in their own world.  I believe, it’s just the beginning of a chain of events.  It’s all connected.

Now, multiply that one act by one thousand or by one hundred or even by ten and that changes lives.

So, that’s where I’m starting but to you, my magnificent seven, feel free to browse around the site and see your way to be10 in your own life and then just watch it ripple out into the world.

Be well and b10,

simplylarry