Today, I was doing some thinking about the direction my life has taken. During this reflection time, I realized that it’s been 20 years since I first started my path of personal growth to help improve the quality of my life.

Back then I was young, depressed and in a bad situation financially and in a destructive relationship before I really started to implement some changes.

Now, I don’t know if you’ve ever been in a place where you feel like life has just beaten you down and you want to give up, it’s not a fun place to be. I was at a point in my life were I felt like I couldn’t handle being in a destructive relationship, unemployed, and depressed, I wanted out. The worst part was, I even considered suicide as a way to escape my pain.

Luckily for me I never took that option…

…instead I made another decision and that was to take whatever action was necessary to change my life, now!

Around the time I wanted to end it all I was exposed to a program that you might of heard about called Personal Power, by Anthony Robbins. I was going through the course when I got a call from a friend who told me that there was an Unlimited Power Weekend happening in our city the coming weekend.

Needless to say, I jumped on this opportunity without any hesitation. I was desperate to make a change in my life and I didn’t care what I had to do to make that happen. I put the course on my credit card and figured I’d find a way to pay for it by the time the bill was due.

Well, that weekend changed my life!

In fact, I managed to get out of my relationship, get a new job and make enough money to pay off the course and cover all my living expenses within two weeks of completing the UPW program. I was sold on the benefits!

One thing that I heard during the program that stood out to me was an idea that Tony called C.A.N.I. which is an acronym that stands for (Constant And Never-ending Improvement). This was based off of the work of Dr. W. Edwards Deming who was credited for helping the Japanese instill quality in everything they do. The Japanese word for this is “Kaizen”. Tony used the English acronym C.A.N.I. to help repatriate an American idea instead of using a Japanese word.

The idea of C.A.N.I. is where you focus on making consistent improvements daily in every area of your life. It can be used with both small things or big things in our life. The whole point is that by making small changes daily our lives can radically improve.

For example:

Let’s say you’re always loosing your car keys and you waste time everyday trying to find them. This little routine cannot only cause you undue stress, and time but can lead to even bigger problems like loosing your job because your always late for work.

The solution would be to put up a key rack right by the door, were you place your keys on the moment you get home.  This may take a little getting used to but with constant focus and attention on building this simple routine you will form a habit that will make your life easier.

If you focus on finding small ways to increase the quality of your life you will be surprised at how much things can change in a year. Some people say it’s a 100% improvement. It’s actually more then 100%, because each little improvement that you make daily compounds on itself each and everyday. That is why the results are so amazing if you just stay committed.

So if your looking for a way to get the most out of your life take the time to learn and practice this simple strategy called C.A.N.I.

To your success!

~ Kevin Drewlo

P.S. I would like to hear your comments on the results you’ve had from implementing this strategy. If you want more help on this subject or other areas of personal development please send me an email and I’ll be glad to help.