James Clear

And then usually when we get that number, whatever it is,

There's kind of some sort of judgment that happens.

You know, it's not where I said I wanted to be yet or we haven't achieved what we said we wanted to achieve.

And what I'm encouraging is to say, listen, measurements fine.

It can be useful.

But just for a minute, let's set that to the side and stop worrying so much about our current position and focus a little bit more on our current trajectory.

You know, is the arrow pointed up into the right or have we flatlined?

You know, are we getting one percent better or one percent worse?

Because if you're on a good trajectory, even if it's just for the next five minutes, then you're on the path where all you need is time.

Time will magnify whatever you feed it.

If you have good habits, time becomes your ally and that trajectory will carry you forward.

And if you have bad habits, time becomes your enemy.

And every day that goes by, you kind of dig the hole a little bit deeper.

And so getting 1% better each day

It's really a mindset.

It's an approach.

It's less about measuring it.

Oh, is it 1% or 1.6% or whatever?

Like it's not about getting caught up in the numbers.

It's about trying to focus on putting yourself on a good path and then letting those days stack up.