Compounding Small Improvements: Why 1% Better Every Day Changes Everything
January 1st, 2022. I made a resolution. “This year, I’m going to become a 10x better developer.” My plan: Learn 5 new frameworks Build 3 major projects Read 20 programming books Contribute to 10 open source projects Ambitious. Exciting. Completely unrealistic. By February 15th, I’d read half a book, started (not finished) one project, and felt like a failure. The problem: I was chasing big, dramatic improvements. The thing nobody tells you: Big improvements don’t compound. Small ones do. ...