The Power of 1% Wins
KEY POINTS:
1. This program is not only meant to provide you with information, but also to help you make significant and sustainable changes in how you work and live.
2. There are two key concepts of this program that will set you up for success: The first one is 1% Wins
3. A 1% change isn't much, but small improvements each and every day will exponentially improve your life.
“Success is a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.”
We don’t want this program to be another source of information that people skim through but never do anything about. It’s designed to not only give you valuable information, but to help you put this newfound knowledge into action. We’ve developed this program so that individuals can create lasting change, not try out fads that they eventually lose interest in.
The Program is built on the concept of helping you install 1% Wins and small habits that exponentially add up to better health and performance over time. Let’s look at 1% wins first:
1% WINS
One of the best approaches I have seen for achieving a dream is to focus on being 1% better at a time.
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.
This is a key idea for this program. To live a life consistent with your dreams and goals, you have to be committed to changing the way you live. A 1% change might not seem like much, but small improvements each and every day will improve your life exponentially.
You only need to be 1% 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. This is called the aggregate of 1% gains. Doing something small each day will leave you with more - more focus, more well-being, and more human potential.
Here is an interesting example from the business world: Former General Electric (GE) 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.
You can also read this article on Harvard Business Review on how focusing on 1% improvements led British Cycling to a record number of Gold medals at the London Olympics.
As you work through all of the information, advice, and suggestions in this program, keep focused on micro-improvements. Each 1% Win takes you, step by step, further along the path to your best life. Taking a single step towards a healthier, happier, and more productive life may not seem like much today, but oftentimes it can be enough to create the momentum necessary to change your life down the road. And remember, start small, be consistent, and develop a routine, which leads us into our next topic: building habits.
Throughout the program, you will be presented with a series of 1% Tips. Practice them, put them up in your workplace and your home, and share them with your family, friends, and coworkers.
Click on the video below to learn more about 1% wins with Greg and Bruce!
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.