The path to success is not making one thing 100% better, but in making 100 things 1% better.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Small consistent improvements across many areas lead to greater success than perfecting one thing.
- In plain terms
- Improving many things a little is better than perfecting one thing.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on incremental improvements everywhere.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where can you make 1% improvements today?
- Are you over-focusing on one metric?
Another view
Some critical areas require deep focus rather than broad tweaks.
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