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10 Simple Practices That Will Help You Get 1% Better Every Single Day
How to master the art of continual self-improvement.
What is the meaning of life?
To become a better human being every single day.
“Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.” — Leo Tolstoy
How do we become better every single day? We develop practices that will help move us incrementally forward. Small steps, taken consistently. This is the path to a good life.
“Seneca gives a pretty simple prescription for the good life. “Each day,” he wrote, “acquire something that will fortify you against poverty, against death, indeed against other misfortunes, as well and after you have run over many thoughts, select one to be thoroughly digested that day.” One gain per day. That’s it.”- Ryan Holiday
While routines can be important for consistency and productivity, what is even more important is our practices. These are things we do, no matter what our routine looks like, no matter if something comes up that derails us.
But we need to start small and make sure our practices are sustainable. The idea is to take small but consistent steps, every single day — 1%…
