This is an easy way to become 1% better every single day:
Little strokes fell great oaks. –Benjamin Franklin
Are you still on the self-improvement roller coaster?
Getting better one day, then getting worse the next.
Are you still on the self-improvement roller coaster?
Getting better one day, then getting worse the next.
Many people go back and forth regularly between really high highs and really low lows.
This means they end up never getting better.
If anything, they end up going backward.
This means they end up never getting better.
If anything, they end up going backward.
Here’s how you can break that cycle 👇👇
You do so through small, continuous improvement.
It’s called Kaizen.
It sounds like a mystical philosophy passed down by wise, bearded sages who lived in secret caves.
But it’s not…
You do so through small, continuous improvement.
It’s called Kaizen.
It sounds like a mystical philosophy passed down by wise, bearded sages who lived in secret caves.
But it’s not…
It was developed by Depression-era American business management theorists to build the arsenal of democracy that helped the U.S. win World War II.
These management theorists exhorted businesses to make continuous improvements in small ways.
These management theorists exhorted businesses to make continuous improvements in small ways.
A manual created to help companies implement this business philosophy urged factory supervisors to “look for hundreds of small things you can improve.”
The Japanese took to the idea of small, continual improvement and gave it a name: Kaizen
Japanese for continuous improvement.
This is how you can apply Kaizen to your life 👇👇
Japanese for continuous improvement.
This is how you can apply Kaizen to your life 👇👇
Instead of *trying* to make radical changes, make small daily improvements that will gradually lead to the change you want.
I put trying in ** because it's nearly impossible to make radical changes.
Those who do end up trying with little success.
I put trying in ** because it's nearly impossible to make radical changes.
Those who do end up trying with little success.
Each day, focus on getting 1% better in whatever it is you’re trying to improve.
That’s it.
Just 1%.
Sounds simple, but let’s talk about HOW to do this because you’ve probably tried and failed.
That’s it.
Just 1%.
Sounds simple, but let’s talk about HOW to do this because you’ve probably tried and failed.
If you want to get 1% better every day, then the first step is to find something that you want to improve.
It can be anything – your diet, your writing, your fitness, etc.
An important note is you must focus on improving ONE thing at a time.
It can be anything – your diet, your writing, your fitness, etc.
An important note is you must focus on improving ONE thing at a time.
Getting 1% better won't happen if you're attempting to improve 2 or 3 or 4 things at a time.
Pick one thing that you want to improve, then...
Come up with a plan for how you will achieve that 1% improvement each day.
Pick one thing that you want to improve, then...
Come up with a plan for how you will achieve that 1% improvement each day.
Do this by setting small, achievable daily goals that will gradually lead you to the change you want.
These have to be goals you can track.
For example, if you want to lose weight, your goal might be to eat 100 fewer calories daily.
These have to be goals you can track.
For example, if you want to lose weight, your goal might be to eat 100 fewer calories daily.
Can you track how many calories you’re eating? Yes.
Can you know if you’re eating 100 less than before? Yes.
Most people would try to cut out an entire meal (breakfast)
or cut-out desserts (right before the holiday season)
or cut-out a food group (carbs),
Can you know if you’re eating 100 less than before? Yes.
Most people would try to cut out an entire meal (breakfast)
or cut-out desserts (right before the holiday season)
or cut-out a food group (carbs),
But all of those changes are more than a 1% change.
If the step is more than 1%, it's likely to be short-lived.
100 calories might not seem like much, but when 1% improvements compound, they lead to great things.
If the step is more than 1%, it's likely to be short-lived.
100 calories might not seem like much, but when 1% improvements compound, they lead to great things.
Cut 100 calories a day for two weeks, then 200 for two weeks, and 300 for two weeks, and before you know it, you’ll reach your weight loss goal.
Consistency is key when it comes to making small, continual improvements.
Consistency is key when it comes to making small, continual improvements.
In the beginning, your improvements will be so small as to seem practically nonexistent.
If it feels like you’re making a big improvement, you’re doing it wrong and you need to aim lower.
If it feels like you’re making a big improvement, you’re doing it wrong and you need to aim lower.
Gradually and ever so slowly, you’ll start to notice the improvements in your life.
It may take months or even years, but the improvements will come if you just focus on consistently upping your game by 1%.
It may take months or even years, but the improvements will come if you just focus on consistently upping your game by 1%.
You’ll eventually reach a certain point with your personal development in which a 1% increase in improvement is equal to the same amount of improvement you experienced in the first few days combined.
That’s sort of hard to get your mind around because of math.
That’s sort of hard to get your mind around because of math.
But think about it: 1% of 1 is just .01; 1% of 100 is 1.
You may be at a 1 right now and will only be making tiny improvements for a while.
But stick with it.
You may be at a 1 right now and will only be making tiny improvements for a while.
But stick with it.
You’ll eventually reach that 100 level (and beyond), where you’ll improve by a factor of 1 every day.
That’s the power of the compounding effect that will prevent you from ever being the same again.
That’s the power of the compounding effect that will prevent you from ever being the same again.
Summary:
This isn’t some pie-in-the-sky concept.
It’s something you can apply today.
You can get 1% better today if you want to.
The question is, do you want to?
This isn’t some pie-in-the-sky concept.
It’s something you can apply today.
You can get 1% better today if you want to.
The question is, do you want to?
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