1% BETTER EVERYDAY GOAL

 Someone posted some Gyan! Saying if you do 1% better everyday, in small increments and deeds, you will be reaching your goals! 

Set me analysing it. Here are my thoughts on a lazy cloudy  saturday:


The 1% better or improvements would tantamount to perfection i.e 100% in 100 days. You get to be where no human has been before. On the frontiers of being God himself. You may even replace Him as he too would not be 100% perfect, considering the mess He has created.


 The problem with this approach is, however, multifold. 

Firstly, there could be days where you slip 1% or even more. For example, the wife   may frequently  consider you useless!! So this means many more days than 100 to reach 100%.

Secondly, as you reach closer to 100%, what physicists call as asymtotically approach 100%, the going gets tougher and tougher. You may never reach 100%

Thirdly, Gods do not like competition.Remember King Mahabali, the most perfect King who ruled Kerala? Gods did not like that, so they conspired to eliminate him,  though the people  still celeberate Onam in his honour.

Lastly , what if you , after reaching  100%, find the goal post shifted? Either you find many who are better or you may realise you were better off 100 plus days before!

The risk is too much. So I have decided to be where I am. Thank you!.

Comments

  1. Girija Menon28 June 2025 at 10:25

    True. I too had my goals on an SIP of adding a 1% or even a .5% but over time realized it is getting me nowhere, on the contrary I would slip downwards way more than expected, on some days. Besides, those for who you do the trot, do not care or appreciate. So, then onwards I have stopped the SIP and hopped on to the SWP plan where I withdraw the goodness within me for myself. Not interested in reaching a stature of superwoman or saint. Once dead and gone - you aren't even referred to by name - just a "body"

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    1. kasmenon28 June 2025 at 10:49

      With goodness at heart , and focusing inwords will always result in others finding goodness for themselves too.

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  2. Deepak2 October 2025 at 07:28

    The conclusion is a solace for me for sure

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