Improving by 1% Each Day/Year

This is a concept that doesn’t sound like much improvement but is actually a lot of improvement. The key here is consistency, not intensity. Intensity may be sexy, but consistency is what gets results. Imagine getting better each day at what you do. Looking for ways to improve yourself each day. At the end of the month or the year, you’ll be shocked at how far you’ve come. Imagine 5-6 years down the line, you’ll be amazed at the improvement.

Of course, measuring such improvement takes work. In that, you have to be intentional about what you’re desiring to improve upon; seeing where you fall short, and exploring ways you can rectify or correct the shortfall. This can be applied in all areas of your life. At first, you may not see immediate improvement, but it’ll eventually show up sometime down the line. What you track can be measured, and what you measure can be improved upon.

The most vivid story of such improvement is one that I read in James Clear’s Atomic Habits. He talked about the British Cycling Team, their woeful history of not winning anything at all at any international competition. All of a sudden, with the hiring of a coach who took the approach of improving every area of what they do by 1%, they ended up winning cycling competitions one after another after 5-6 years of daily chipping away improving every area of what they did.

It is the same in our personal lives and respective businesses. Make it a goal to improve in certain areas of your life or business. You need not improve in all areas at the same time. You can tackle one area at a time, and when you’re satisfied with fluency, you can pick up another area.

What area of your personal or business life do you think needs improving? Why not give the 1% improvement rule or concept a chance?

Quote of the Week:

“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.” - F. M. Alexander

Book of the Month:

“Reading is to the mind as exercise is to the body.” - Joseph Addison

Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life, Ozan Varol. (A classic. Thinking out of the box).

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