The 1% Rule

Imagine you have a goal to read 100 books in a year. That's roughly two books per week, which seems like a reasonable goal.

Now, let's say that in the first week, you only read one book. You might feel discouraged, like you're already behind schedule. But what if you adopted the 1% rule?

The 1% rule is simple: just focus on improving by 1% each day. So, instead of worrying about reading 100 books in a year, you focus on reading just one more page than you did yesterday.

On day two, you read just one more page than you did on day one. On day three, you read one more page than you did on day two, and so on.

At first, the progress is slow. You might only read a few more pages each day. But over time, the progress compounds. By the end of the year, you will have read over 100 books, all because you focused on improving just 1% each day.

The moral of the story is that consistency is key to achieving your goals. You don't have to make huge leaps of progress every day. Just focus on improving a little bit each day, and over time, those small improvements will add up to something significant.