A 1% daily improvement compounds to 37 times better performance in a year, while 1% daily losses crater you to zero. Consistent effort beats burnout-inducing sprints. Read Atomic Habits, Getting Things Done, and Deep Work to build sustainable habits.
Let me share how important good work long-term is in this example. If you can get 1% better each day for 1 year, you'll end up 37 times better by the time you're done. And if you get 1% worse each day for 1 year, you'll decline nearly down to zero. What starts as a small win or a minor setback accumulates into something much more. Consistency will always prevail over short spikes of great work. Short spikes of hard work can lead to burnout and that will actually cause the opposite effect. If you haven't read these 3 books yet, I highly recommend them. The first one is Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear. The second one is Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen. And the third one is Deep Work: Rules for Focus Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport.
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