Picking that first domino!

Got any dominoes in your life?

The Guinness Book of World Records shows that many record “domino falls” have been recorded and then toppled. One in July 2016, as seen on YouTube, showed 10,266 dominos.

The physics of dominos: since each standing “domino” represents a small amount of potential energy, the more we line up, the more potential energy we’ve accumulated. When one thing (the right thing) is set in motion, it can topple many things.

And that’s not all! In 1983, Lorne Whitehead wrote in the American Journal of Physics that not only could they topple many things, they could topple bigger things, how a single domino is capable of bringing down another domino that is actually 50% larger. This picture is of a 2009 YouTube video that actually shows it in action.

So..? Ever seen that happen in YOUR life? Would you like to?

Can we see the implications in our own lives from these domino “facts”? Getting extraordinary results is all about creating a domino effect in our lives.

Finding the right thing. Doing the right thing and then the next right things. Over time, it all adds up.

Do we want to become healthier and more fit? Let’s figure out those dominoes.

Do we want to become financially secure? Let’s figure out those dominoes.

And (to mix my metaphors) let’s not forget this poem by Benjamin Franklin that shows what can happen if we don’t choose that first domino well!

"For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of a rider the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail."

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