There is a scientific view of conditions called "sensitive dependence on initial conditions" which is better known as the "butterfly effect". This "butterfly effect" means that small changes in a dynamic system can cause huge changes over time. It is best explained by the story of a butterfly flapping its wings in Tokyo and causing a hurrican in New York.



This simply means that a small change made now can have a dramtic effect on events in the future.

If you have ever watched the film "A Wonderful Life", with Jimmy Stewart, you will see how the butterfly effect works. The film by the same name, "The Butterfly Effect", is also a great example of this powerful law.

In the first film a man is down on his luck and tries to commit suicide. An angel is sent from heaven to rescuse the man. To his dismay the man is saved. So he wishes that he had never been born and had never existed. The angel grants him his wish. The man then views and interacts with the world as though he had never been born and sees how people, places, events and outcomes have changed because he was not there to change them through his interaction with them. Even small things he had done made big changes because in this reality he had not done them!

The film "The Butterfly Effect" is about a young man's ability to travel back to his own childhood. Merely by looking at a picture from his past he can enter that time and the body of his former self while retaining all his knowledge about the present. He then uses this ability to make small changes that have a dramatic effect on his world when he returns to his own time.

These films are perfect examples of the butterfly effect. They show how little changes made can have a huge impact on future events, people and circumstances.

Using the same principle you can make small, minor and almost insignificant changes in your life now that will have a dramatic effect on your future through the butterfly effect. A stone thrown into a pond will create small ripples that travel far!

How many times have we heard of a person who buys a lottery ticket on a whim and wins a fortune? This small act had a dramatic and huge impact on all areas of their life! This may not be a common occurrence but such dramatic effects can be the smae for you.

Paul Burrell, butler to the Queen and princess Diana, had the chance to join a cruise ship or Buckingham Palace. His mother hid the cruise acceptance letter and gave him the acceptance letter from Buckingham Palace. Paul Burrell's mother's decidon and actions was to have a huge impact on his life and change it forever!

Paul Burrell went from an almost enviable life of eventually working down the mines in his home town, with poverty and hardship all around him, to working directly for the Queen, then Prince Charles, then Princess Diana. Currently he works in the United States, is a house-hold name in the UK and has earned millions of dollars!

From little acorns grow mighty oaks!

Likewise, how many small events, decisions and actions that you have taken have shaped the life you are currently living?

Make your mind up now to set small personal development goals and take action. The small actions you take now will have huge impact on your future. Imagine what huge actions could do for your personal development and your future life?