One Penny’s Worth

I hold in my hand one penny. Where did it come from? After I bought two boxes of Italian Ice and one frozen pizza from the grocery store, my change came to a grand total of one penny. I thought, “Should I even bother taking it out of the self-checkout dispenser?” Then I remembered to practice what I preach:

“What you do with a little, you do with a lot”

What you do with one penny, you will do with one dollar. What you do with one dollar you will do with $100. What you do with $100 you will do with $1000 and so on and so on. But wait, there’s more! You might hold one penny’s worth of time in your hands. For example, you might have found 10 spare minutes in your day. What you do with those 10 minutes is what you will do with an hour. Do you get the point?

What do you get when you give a heavy drinker more spare time? You get a heavier drinker. Why? It’s because what you do with a little creates the habits that guide you with what you do with a lot. Therefore, respect a penny like you respect a dollar. Respect 10 minutes like you respect an hour. Use them to build habits that lift you up not let you down. If you can read 60 pages of a book in an hour then read 10 pages of a book when you get 10 spare minutes. If you invest 10% of  $10,000 then make sure you also invest 10% of $100. It’s not the amount that counts but the habits that matter. What you do with a little, you do with a lot.

I hold in my hand one penny. What’s it worth?