Success is product of daily habits and not once in a life time transformation.

James Clear, the author of book Atomic Habits explained the suprising power of atomic habits by giving the example of Dave Brailsford who was hired as performance director to end the 100 year long mediocre performance of the Great Britain in professional cycling. Brailsford used "the aggregation of marginal gain strategy", which is the philosophy of searching for a tiny margin of improvement in everything you do.

Significance Of Getting 1% Better Everyday

To improve the process, Brailsford began by looking into small and overlooked areas which can cause impact in performance. He began by - <ul><li>Redesigning bike seats for better comfort.</li><li>Used rubbed alcohol tires for better grip.</li><li>Redesigned outfit which used fabrics that provided better comfort and offered better aerodynamics.</li><li>Asked riders to wear electrically heated shorts to maintain ideal muscle temperature.</li></ul>After incorporating these small changes and several others, soon in 2008 just after 5 years, britain dominated in the 2008 olympics.

How Brailsford Used Aggregation Of Marginal Gain To Improve Bristish Professional Cycling.

If we want to predict where we will end up in 20 years down in our life, all we need to do is follow the tiny gains and losses curve we draw everyday as we progress in life. If we form good habits and be consistent with them by repeating it everyday, we can easily predict how we will be in the future.Time Magnifies the margin between success and failure. It multiplies whatever we feed it. Good habits makes time our ally and bad habits makes it our enemy.

We Get What We Repeat.

Improving 1% everyday may not be a notable differnce. It's like noticing fitness in a unfit body with just 1 day of a work out. But when these 1% improvement is done every single day, then in the long run we can easily observe major difference.

Why Small Habits Makes A Big Difference.

Author explained how getting 1% better for over a 1 year period can make us ~38% better than what we was before and similary explained that getting 1% worse everyday for a 1 year duration can easily reduce us to 0.03% of what we began with. Therefore, forming good habits and repeating it, with as minimum as 1% everyday can provide us guranteed improvement in the long run in whatever we do.

The principle came from the idea that if we can broke down everything that we do and just improve 1% in every area, then we can observe significant improvement in the overall process altogether. This divide and conquer approach helps in breaking the problem and affectively analyse each important steps. Which otherwise can be overwhelming if done on the entire process.

Aggregation Of Marginal Gain.

How Tiny Changes Makes A Big Difference ?

The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 10 million copies sold! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: <ul><li>make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);</li></ul><ul><li>overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;</li></ul><ul><li>design your environment to make success easier;</li></ul><ul><li>get back on track when you fall off course;</li></ul>...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

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James Clear is the author of "Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones" He writes about habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement at jamesclear.com. His website receives millions of visitors each month and hundreds of thousands subscribe to his popular email newsletter.His work has appeared in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Time, and on CBS This Morning. He is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work is used by teams in the NFL, NBA, and MLB. Learn more at jamesclear.com

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