Small Differences and Consistent Compounding
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Small Differences and Consistent Compounding
improving by 1 percent isn’t particularly notable—sometimes it isn’t even noticeable—but it can be far more meaningful, especially in the long run.
James Clear • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement. The same way that money multiplies through compound interest, the effects of your habits multiply as you repeat them. They seem to make little difference on any given day and yet the impact they deliver over the months and years can be enormous. It is only when looking back two, five, or perhaps
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Compounding Exponential Growth
via How People Think
Evolution’s superpower is not just selecting favorable traits. That part is so tedious, and if it’s all you focus on you’ll be skeptical and confused. Most species’ change in any millennia is so trivial it’s unnoticeable.
The real magic of evolution is that it’s been selecting traits for 3.8 bil