Brian Johnson on the 1% better concept: without a plan you won't improve, and when you stop improving you start getting bitter. One percent of a day is 14 minutes 24 seconds. The challenge is to refine your plan daily to keep getting better.
14 minutes and 24 seconds.
His Timex desk watch.
Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic plus one. As we've discussed many times at this point, Brian Cain is an inspiring human being. He works with some of the greatest athletes in the world and has helped them go to the next next level. We've talked about a bunch of big ideas from his two little fables, the 10 pillars of mental performance, mastery and 1% better. Today we're going to revisit 1% better for one more wisdom gem. But first, pop quiz question what's 1% of a day? Do you recall and do you recall that trying to recall is one of the most powerful ways to dominate learning 101? Yep. If you haven't watched that masterclass yet, check it out. Answer to our question 1% of the day is 14 minutes and 24 seconds. Note I've changed the countdown on my Timex watch which sits on my desk from 16 minutes and 40 seconds, which is 1,000 seconds, to 14 minutes and 24 seconds, which of course is 1% of the day. So I can measure my meditation and deep work time blocks and, well, a bunch of other stuff in 1% increments. Super fun. We'll come back to that more as we have fun, seeing if we can make at least 51% of our days heroically intentional. For now, here's the wisdom gem I want to focus on. Brian tells us, and I quote, if you don't have a plan, how are you going to get better? The problem is when you stop getting better, you start getting bitter. And nobody likes being around people who are bitter all the time. And that's today's plus one. Are you getting better or are you getting bitter? It's a simple question with far reaching impact. Which will it be, hero? Here's to continuously refining our plans to get better, lest we go the wrong direction and get bitter. Plus one plus one plus one all day, every day, especially today.
