Instead of trying to completely change a habit or master a skill immediately, thereby setting yourself up for failure, commit to a 1% daily improvement. By improving just 1% per day, your progress compounds and doubles every 70 days. If you read only 5 pages of non-fiction per day, that’s 1,825 pages of accumulated knowledge in a year to build upon.  If you write only 500 words per day, that’s the equivalent of 3-4 novels in a year. Conversely, if you blow off a day here and a day there, your knowledge, skills, progress, growth and relationships can also diminish by 1% per day. Either way, that 1% is compounding and accumulating, so the choice you make every day adds up over time to something or nothing.  This 1% Habit can be applied to every aspect of your life.  Replacing one minute of worry or regret each day with one minute of gratitude will significantly reduce your stress level and increase your happiness within months.  Every habit can be built using this technique.  You can start by practicing each day to replace just 1% of your negative thoughts with positive thoughts, and 1% of your unproductive or counter-productive acts with acts that move you toward your desired goal.  Start today with just 1% improvement.