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An extra 1%
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Hi Reader, What if today, you resolved to get 1% better at something? Maybe a core work skill, maybe learning a language, physical fitness... You choose. And then what if tomorrow you made that same resolution, to make a 1% improvement again? All of us have the opportunity to improve. We can learn new techniques, seek feedback and tweak our approaches, stick on a YouTube video, or go to a workshop that opens up more possibilities. It's easier to make small, continuous improvements than to go for sudden, radical change. Small changes stick. And yet the effect of small continuous improvements can be pretty astounding. I was chatting to my friend Eleanor Tweddell about this last week. She's got a new book out in September, which I was lucky enough to have a sneak preview of. In it, she talks about the idea from Atomic Habits, that a 1% improvement each day can lead to big changes over time. If you improve by 1% a day for a week, you're a full 7% better by the end of that week. But after a month, you're 35% better, as your improvements start to compound. But here's where it started to blow my mind. After six months you're 6.2 TIMES better. After a year - just making tiny 1% improvements every day - you're 37 times better than when you started. And if you continued that for five years, you'd be 76 million times better. Small gains lead to spectacular wins. How can you make that 1% improvement today? Have a great week, Graham |
Rev Up for the Week with Graham Allcott
Join thousands of people starting their week on a positive note. Every Sunday afternoon, I send out an upbeat idea to set you up for the week ahead.
Hi Reader, Welcome to Rev up for the week, where every Sunday I send you a thought to help kick start your week. I'm feeling majorly overloaded at the moment. Perhaps you are too? My son is in the middle of the long transition to a new school starting in September (he has additional needs so the transition takes a lot longer than for most), I'm selling my old house and have been up and down the steps to my loft too many times, I've got some big plans for 6 Weeks to Ninja later in the year,...
Hi Reader, Welcome to Rev Up for the Week, where every Sunday I send you a thought to kick-start Monday. Over the last week, I've been thinking a lot about values. I've been priviliged to be working with the team at Oliver Bonas over the last couple of months, delivering a couple of keynotes to help them relaunch their organisational values. Oliver Bonas's values are also a piece of wall-art that they sell in their stores, which makes it super-easy for the staff to remember them: Work Hard...
Hi Reader, Welcome to Rev Up for the Week, where each Sunday I send you a simple thought to supercharge the week ahead. I've been out doing client keynotes this week, sharing some of the ideas from 'KIND'. One thing that's started a lot of conversations is the idea of abundance, and more specifically, abundance vs scarcity. I want to share this with you. What I'm about to share, I believe with all of my soul, but I also know that part of our brain deeply rejects it. What can be objectively...