The One Percent Habit- An Effective Method to Fulfill Goals

Samyu Varsh
Lavender & Minted
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3 min readMar 12, 2020

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Every product that is of high quality is of that one percent which constitutes to appearing-perfection. That last one percent finish is equivalent to the effort put for the ninety-nine percent work. Or more simply put, the last one mark to reach a hundred is equal to the effort put for the previous ninety-nine marks.

But yes I hear you, we are humans meant for continuous improvement, not perfection. And we ain’t machines to compare us with product finish. Working too much on perfection is a waste of time in a daily routine and also does not yield great results. A perfectionist mentality is not productive in the long run. So how do you do this?

How about improving one percent today?

Making tiny improvements every day towards our goals we are working towards. Any daunting task seems achievable in this approach. The best way to do this is to look for moments to improve the technique. Cutting down the wasted steps and doing work more efficiently saves time and energy.

Life is not about what we can add, it is also about what we can eliminate. A few tweaks here and there would result in hours where we can unwind.To minimize errors in the new efficient ways, a checklist would be a great add on help to run things smoothly. It would let things run on…

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