What is exponential?

Over this last weekend I attended a seminar in Sydney called "Unlimited Power 2008"
There was a variety of presenters with various topics but all were leading to the same goal, being financial independence.
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One of the presenters was Dr Marc Dussault from Canadia land now residing in Sydney and soon to be an official Aussie Citizen. Marc spoke about being exponential in your thinking and way of doing business. It's what I have referred to in the past as work smart not hard and the way I prefer to live. I see everything in life as an expenditure of energy and depending on where I channel it is where I make progress. For instance i can harp on about the kids washing up after themselves, (which I do to a point) after which I don't bother because it only gets me upset and wastes my energy that I can put into something productive.
But saying that, how many people do not think like this? They continually hit their head against a brick wall and don't get anywhere in life. My guess would sadly be around 90% of the population. These are the worker ants who toil for crumbs. Sad but true. Not my cup of tea!
Ever since I ingested the understanding of the Golden Mean I have looked for this in my life and surrounds.
Why toil when there is no need to do so.
I will continue this analogy with the Celtic myth about the wren and the eagle on the next post. For the time being enjoy the exponential growth in nature...