# 1% improvement system

In the beginning, there is basically no difference between making a choice that is 1% better or 1% worse. But as time goes on, these small improvements or declines compound and you suddenly find a very big gap between people who make slightly better decisions on a daily basis and those who don’t. 

![Small choices don’t make much of a difference at the time, but add up over the long-term.](https://4010995151-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LFX3mJ9l9NSSXSSdU5e%2F-LJ3632R7-aTMRkXAqXA%2F-LJ37eD8O78DGj1UuH4y%2F1%25improvement_system_cover.jpg?alt=media\&token=d5204570-32e4-4797-b851-abac7ffdca23)

## **BENEFITS**

* Improving by just 1 percent isn’t notable (and sometimes it isn’t even noticeable)
* Almost every habit that you have — good or bad — is the result of many small decisions over time.
* The goals are more achievable because tiny actions have less resistance.
* This is why the system is greater than the goals

![By improving 1% every day, you’re getting 38 times better after a year](https://4010995151-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LFX3mJ9l9NSSXSSdU5e%2F-LJ3PkVgXp9_auI_fex5%2F-LJ3PoQ6PtZRVvfwccWI%2F1%25improvement_system_gains.png?alt=media\&token=f98a87b3-cfb4-4aa9-9577-b940f7696bf5)

## **TUTORIAL**

1. Measure or quantify any task
2. Each reasonable time increase the task with 1% from original value

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The pattern works in reverse: many small choices — a 1% decline here and there — leads to a problem.
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## RESOURCES

[www.amazon.com/1-Rule-Process-Achieve-Wildest-ebook/dp/B079Y68D9X](https://www.amazon.com/1-Rule-Process-Achieve-Wildest-ebook/dp/B079Y68D9X)[www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSIjOn3dGoc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSIjOn3dGoc)