Scotty Studer - Small Changes, Big Results: 26 simple changes to improve your faith, finances, health, and relationships!

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Dedication

This book is dedicated to my two amazing kids Shayli and Hayden, and my loving, wonderful, supportive wife, Allison. I love you from the bottom of my heart.

DOWNLOAD THE RESOURCES PAGE

Before you turn another page and begin reading the book, please go download the Resources page HERE!

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Great! Thank you!

Scotty, why are you asking me to download the Resources page before I even begin reading your book?

Well Im glad you asked!

The book is filled with small changes you can make in your life that have the potential to produce big results! Some of the chapters mention resources that I have used to achieve a particular change.

As you can see, since you went ahead and downloaded the Resources page, you now have access to the exact products I used to apply each of these changes!

Now, on to the book!

Table of Contents

A Special Invitation: The Small Changes, Big Results Community

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Introduction: Lets Get Started

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day. Jim Rohn

With all of the have-to-do activities in our lives today, how can we fit in the activities we want to do? Better yet, what about activities we need to do? Just think about a typical day in your life. For me it consists of sleep (6-8 hours), work (9-11 hours, including commute time), running errands, time with my kids, time with my spouse, food preparation and meals, meetings, emails, and leisure activities.

So, when I sit down and really try to think about how to add a want-to-do or need-to-do activity that will truly add value and help me become a better father, husband and friend, my first reaction is typically Yeah, right. How am I going to find the time for that? Or, depending on how good things are going that day, I might say to myself, Well its true. I should probably work on making that a priority. Ill set some time aside for that tomorrow. Then tomorrow comes and guess what? Theres always another tomorrow!

But what if there was an easy way to implement these important-but-not-urgent changes in your life on a consistent basis? You see, I believe that every person desires to improve and make time for the important-but-not-urgent activities that they know deep down will make a difference in their lives and the lives of others. The struggle is they dont know how to change, or if they attempt to change, the change is inconsistent and they rarely see lasting results. Ive written this book to show you how to make these refinements in a way that doesnt require drastic changes to your routine.

For years I could never stay committed to any kind of proactive change. I made every excuse in the book and could have written a few more chapters. However, over the past several years of reading books, articles, and blogs on this topic, and through some good ol trial and error, Ive found that if I can commit to three actions, my rate of success improves dramatically! These actions are:

1.Take a step (not a leap or a jump) toward the change I desire to make

2.Implement the change for a predetermined, reasonable amount of time

3.Quit if its not for me

I like simple. Adventurer and world explorer Thor Heyerdahl said, Progress is mans ability to complicate simplicity. This rings true when it comes to improvement. We often take an idea that could be embraced by everyone and overcomplicate it. Lets get back to simplicity and what actually works.

The reality is that anyone can commit to the simple steps towards improvement you will see laid out in the rest of this book. It doesnt matter if youre a full-time student, stay-at-home parent, VP of a large corporation, business owner, or regular Joe.

Imagine snapping your fingers and seeing the results of implementing these ideas. What would those results look like? What if you saw yourself with the following?

1.An actionable plan to create financial stability

2.A closer, personal relationship with God

3.Friends complimenting you on how thin and fit you look

4.Relationships with your kids growing deeper and more meaningful than ever before

Actual results will vary of course, but hopefully you can see whats possible. You are the key. Youre always the key to your success. Its not your employer, your upbringing, the government, or anything else.

I like the way Jim Rohn put it. He said, The same wind blows on us all. The economic wind, the social wind, the political wind. The same wind blows on everybody. The difference in where you arrive in one year, three years, five years, the difference in arrival is not the blowing of the wind but the set of the sail.

Now is the time to set a better sail. Dont be the person who misses out on creating a better life because you have to think about it or get started on it tomorrow. Instead of making excuses, picture the end result in your head.

What if you were the person other people came to for advice? What if you were the person other people desired to be around because of how you made them feel? To become that person you must begin by visualizing yourself taking steps toward that goal. This book will give you an actionable course to take, but you must take your first step immediately!

This book is only for those who are ready and willing to begin with the end in mind. It will guide you to take small, intentional actions every single day in one of four critically important areas of your life: faith, relationships, health and finance. Each chapter will focus on actionable steps you can take for a short period of time in each of these areas. This plan will not require giant leaps or huge jumps, but by the end of the journey, you will be amazed at how far youve come.