However, who can get excited about a 1% daily
improvement? Well, think that over a year, those daily 1% improvements will
have stacked up to give a total improvement of over 3,700%!
Improving 1% each day can yield some BIG
dividends, and the best example of that is probably the GB cycling Olympic team
in London 2012 with Chris Brailsford at the helm.
The whole principle came from the idea that if you
break down everything you could think of that goes into riding a bike, and then
improved it by 1%, you will get a significant increase when you put them all
together
No stone was left unturned; they even paid
attention to things like always washing your hands thoroughly to
help avoid getting sick or taking your own pillow when you travel so
you're better rested.
Thanks to this "aggregation of marginal
gains" the British cycling team dominated the competition.
However, this isn't just about professional
athletes, the basic idea of accumulating small increments of progress can work
for everything.
Healthcare, aviation, learning and even speed
eating have benefited in the past by this philosophy, so…what can you do right
now to improve by just 1%?
