How to Easily Achieve Your Goal (The Power of Steam)

March 9, 2016 Nick Meeder No comments exist

 

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I saw a book recently that was titled, “212º: The Extra Degree.” The idea behind the title is that at 211º Fahrenheit water is very hot. However, at 212º F water will turn to steam, and steam can power a train. So the premise goes that just as one degree is the difference between no power and lots of power, therefore, one little thing is standing between you now and your future success.

That’s a cute concept. However, the truth is that your future success is much more difficult to achieve than you think. Let me put this into perspective.

A change of one degree Fahrenheit isn’t actually a measurement of how much energy was put into or taken out of a substance. To illustrate this, think of the amount of energy needed to boil water at your home on the stove, verses the amount of energy needed to turn water into steam at a power plant. There’s a massive difference in the amount of energy.

To understand just how big this difference is, I’ll explain using math and science. It takes 8.3 British Thermal Units of heat energy to raise 1 gallon of water 1 degree Fahrenheit. Awesome, all that’s needed is 8.3 Btus of heat energy to raise 1 gallon of water 1 degree Fahrenheit. That’s not a lot, right? Correct, it’s not a lot, until you want to change 212ºF water into 212º steam.

To change an entire gallon of 212ºF water to 212ºF steam, it will take slightly more than 8,051 Btus of heat energy (not to mention time). That is a massive difference in energy! That’s a difference of 8,042.7. So much for the easiness of achieving your future success.

The truth of our world is that it takes hard work to win at anything. There is no easy path. Whatever it is that “your future success” looks like, it is going to take MUCH more than 1 degree to get you there. It is going to take 8,051 Btus of your own choice, grit, hustle, and diligence to get there.

Don’t give up, though, because “the diligent prosper,” and you, “…reap what you sow” – God said so (Prov. 10:4, 12:24, 13:4, & Gal. 6:6-10).

 

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