The Power of 1% Better
KEY POINTS:
1. To achieve your dreams, you have to be committed to improving how you eat, sleep, exercise, and think. A 1% change isn't much, but small improvements each and every day will amplify your life.
2. Being just 1% better every day is like compound interest for your body and mind, where every day’s gain gets added to yesterday’s “principal” so that you earn interest on your results. This is called the aggregate of 1% gains.
3. Doing something small each day will leave you with more of everything: more health, more wellbeing, and more human potential.
“Success is a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.”
If you’ve participated in any of my courses before or read my books, you know that my mantra is to focus on micro-improvements. A 1% change may not seem like much, but each takes you, step by step, farther along the path to optimal health and reaching your potential.
One of the best approaches I have seen for achieving a dream is to focus on being 1% better.
I work with a lot of incredible people, but it isn’t always talent that drives achievement. What sets the best performers apart is their dedication to practice, learning and training at a consistently high level. And among that group, there is a factor that sets even the elite performers apart: lifestyle.
High performers with daily habits and behaviours that are consistent with their dreams, goals, and objectives tend to be the most successful. In sports I call them “24-hour athletes.”
This is a key idea for this Program. To live a life consistent with your dreams and goals, you have to be committed to improving how you sleep, eat, move, and think. A 1% change might not seem like much, but small improvements each and every day will improve your life exponentially.
Here is an interesting example from the business world: Former General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt made 1% Better a mandate at GE. GE collects and analyzes data from its various automated areas of operation to discover how to make micro-improvements in efficiency. Then, using the industrial internet, updates to operating software can be sent to the equipment to create 1% gains in performance. GE estimates that it can boost productivity in the US by 1.5% which, over 20 years, could raise the average national income of the company by 30%. If we use an airplane example, a 1% reduction in fuel costs could save the airline industry $30 billion over 15 years.
Similarly, Dave Brailsford who coached the Team Sky cycling team that won the Tour de France in 2012 and 2013, also applied the principle of aggregating 1% gains. They started by optimizing tire pressure, then working on nutrition, then fitting the bikes to the riders better. This process continued and repeated itself over and over. Ultimately, this approach helped his riders to many championships and medals.
What GE is doing with business processes and Team Sky is doing in sports, you can do with yourself.
Remember: You only need to be 1 percent better each day. Being just 1% better every day is like compound interest for your body and mind, where every day’s gain gets added to yesterday’s “principal” so that you earn results on your results. Doing something small each day will leave you with more… more strength, more confidence, and more possibilities.
I’ve included a series of Dr. Greg’s 1% Tips throughout the program to help. Imagine how life would look one year from now if you had a 1% win each day for a year! Practice these tips and share them with your family, friends, and community.
Bonus Content
Check out this podcast with speaker and author Neil Pasricha Here on the topic of "you are awesome"!
The information and advice provided in this program is intended to assist you with improving your performance, as well as your general health. It is not intended and should not be used in place of advice from your own physician or for treatment or diagnosis of any specific health issue. By participating in this program you acknowledge that undertaking any new health, diet and/or exercise regime involves certain inherent risks, that you assume such risks, and that you release Wells Performance Inc. from any responsibility or claim relating to such participation.