Week 1 of Getting 1% Better
A 1% improvement sounds like nothing, right? Anyone could become 1% better in a week if they tried.
However, when you unleash the superpower of consistency on this simple idea, it takes on a whole new form. The numbers tell the story:
- Improve by 1% every week for a year and you’ll be 66% better. Not bad.
- 2 years? 179%.
- 5 years? Thanks to the power of compounding, 5 years of 1% weekly improvements will make you a whopping 13 times better!
- After 15 years (only a third of a standard career), it gets pretty ridiculous: 2325 times better! Now we are getting to the realm of billionaires, presidents and great inventors.
These numbers told me to end each Supermorning week with a 1% improvement post. So, here are my top 3 improvements over the past week:
- Started this blog and kept to my daily post commitment
- Totally clean eating habits and 10 hours of light-to-moderate exercise
- Published an article in the largest publication on Medium
In fact, this week was much more than 1% improvement 🙂 You can see the sharp upwards spike in my daily consistency data below (the little red bit). I really hope I can maintain this performance!
Did you grow your 1% this week? Any plans for how you can grow 1% next week? Feel free to share – a little commitment here could make a big difference!