I realized
that in my previous post ‘What
does Success Mean to You?’ I posed too many questions. Any life changing
set of questions is only every going to amount to 3. And with those 3 core
questions as a foundation, you can build your success plan (I will do a future post with a title something like "3 Core Questions to Build Your Success Plan.")
Q: Why?
A: “The
Power of 3” of course.
Don’t
take my word for it, just Google “The Power of 3” and - ignoring the
mathematical results - you’ll get a lot of links like the below (this was just
on the 1st page of results):
From the
first link, there’s this very good quote - I’ve highlighted the bits most
impactful to me:
The
“power of three” is a concept popular with marketers
and is actually linked to
the evolution of the human brain. Our brains make constant judgements
every day. Our choices protect us from harm – to live, we need to:
(1) breathe air, (2) eat food, and (3) drink
water.
Instinctively, to survive, we must find:
(1) a
safe shelter, (2) clean water, and (3) hygienic food.
These are the very choices which keep us alive
as a species, and when we strip back all that we need in life, too many decisions could result
in danger.
Image: Goldilocks and the 3 Bears
Image: 3
Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf
Image: 3
Blind Mice
Image: 3
Medals - Gold, Silver and Bronze
Image: 3rd Rock from the Sun
In keeping with “The Power of 3”, really, I
should have left it at 3 pictures...