The 1% Rule

Don’t try to change everything at once. Improve by 1% each day. In a year you’ll be not ten, but thirty-seven times better — because 1.01 to the power of 365 is 37.8.

A micro-habit is not “I’ll start running in the mornings.” It’s “today I put on my shoes.” Tomorrow — I stepped outside. The day after — I ran for one minute.

The brain resists large-scale change. It doesn’t see the point in a “new me.” But it doesn’t notice 1% — and it doesn’t resist. Use that.

Tip: pick one thing and reduce it to one percent of its usual volume. Reading — one line. Running — one minute. Meditation — one breath. Start there.