Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

What is the 1% Rule?

15 Aug 2022 · 1 min

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A short YouTube segment by Vishen Lakhiani explaining James Clear’s “1% rule”: the idea that improving by 1% every day compounds to meaningful gains (quoted as 37.78% better after one year). Lakhiani recommends a concrete daily practice—setting aside 20 minutes each day dedicated to personal growth learning—as a practical way to achieve the 1% daily improvement.

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37.78% better after one year.

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One of the most powerful ideas I've ever learned is an idea called the 1% rule from James Clear. It says, what if you could improve yourself by just 1% every day? So check out this chart that James uses to help illustrate this point. If you get better by 1% every day, after one year, you are actually 37.78% better. So one of the key things that I recommend people do whenever they come to me about some aspect of their life that they want to improve, I say, okay, look, you got to set aside 20 minutes a day and mark that time. And in that 20 minutes, dedicate yourself to learning something related to personal growth. 20 minutes a day applied to personal growth is a 1% gain every single day. And these gains add up. Adopt a deliberate, clear focus on personal growth.