The ten percent advantage makes building momentum easier. Every 10% increase, either daily or weekly, becomes a precipitating event on its own - it will trigger positive emotions.

As you continue to make progress, you associate every "incremental 10%" with a change in performance. This constant rhythm will turn into a chain reaction , as Sakyong Mipham describes it: "Bit by bit, it starts to make sense. (The progress) begins to leak into other aspects of your life."