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WHY SMALL HABITS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

We tend to overestimate the significance of one defining moment just as we underestimate the worth of instigating minor improvements consistently. We mistakenly buy into the belief that big success requires big action. We seek unrealistic earth-shattering events or enhancements to improve our systems, habits, and performance incrementally. This applies to our families, writing a book, growing a business, winning a championship, or any other long-term goal.

Moving forward by one percent, improvements will not break the sound barrier but an aggregate of them will be more consequential in the long run.

Mathematically, a one percent daily improvement makes thirty-seven times better improvement after one year. A one percent daily worsening takes you down to zero at the same time.

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Habits become the "compound interest" of self-improvement. Just as money will multiply through compound interest, the effects of your practices will increase as you reiterate them. The British cyclists showed us that habits, although they appear not to matter that much daily, can give us progress and improvement over months and years. The results can be tremendous.

This can be a challenging concept to master in daily life.

The measured and methodical velocity of transformation also makes it easy to let a lousy habit persist. If you succumb to that salty cheeseburger and fries, your weight or health does not change much in one day. If you work late tonight and ignore your loved ones, they are likely to forgive you. If you put your project off until the next day, you will probably have time to finish it later. A solitary decision becomes easy to dismiss.

But the repetition of one percent errors each day replicates poor decisions, duplicates mistakes, and allows for rationalizing excuses. Our small choices compound into large and venomous results. The unyielding accumulation of numerous missteps undoubtedly leads to big problems.

Rather than once-in-a-lifetime transformations, success arises slowly as the product of intelligent daily behavior. Your track record is not as crucial as your arsenal of habits and your trajectory. You become what you repeat. Your weight becomes a lagging measure of your eating and exercise habits. Your wealth reflects your financial habits. If you want to predict your future, just follow your current trajectory of habits.