A thought by Mark Batterson, (2015-10-06) from his book, If: Trading Your If Only Regrets for God's What If Possibilities (Kindle Location 346). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) I know, so many of us hate to change. We don’t like it and we won’t do it. But what if a little bit of change would make a major difference in your life? What if? Would you do it? Mark says, “The concept of leverage has been, well, leveraged in a thousand ways. But let me zero in on systems thinking. In any system, a leverage point is the place in a system’s structure where a solution element can be applied. A high leverage point is a place where a small amount of change force can cause a large change in the system’s behavior. It’s a 1 percent change that makes a 99 percent difference.” And that can be true in our lives too. Mark says, “There is no higher leverage point than the two-letter word if. It defines our dee
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