An Easy Two-Step Method for Real Self Improvement

This is so easy it won’t seem real — or it won’t seem helpful. But it works! Author James Clear talks about getting 1% better every day. Which is a wonderful philosophy, but easier said than done. And hard to track. But I’ve embraced it with sort of my own technique. Here’s how I’m doing it:

Step 1. Have a day in the life. That’s how easy it is.

Step 2. The next day, write down what you improved on from the day before. What did you do better? What do you want to focus on the next day? Writing it down is key, as Dr. Guy Winch talks about in my interview with him here. I’d highly recommend listening to the podcast — it’s relatively short and exceptionally useful — but if you want the cliff notes, writing it down activates all parts of the brain that just thinking about it does not.

Repeat.

There you have it. 1% better every day in two steps. Give it a try!

– Mike