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Topic
#5796

"1% Better Everyday" Is Not a Practical Quote

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Description

Using the motivational quote "I'll get 1% better everyday which means I'll be 100% better in 100 days" as a general mantra for self-improvement is not practical in terms of accurately describing the quantification of literal progression of said quality or characteristic or skill.

Round 1
Pro
#1
“Using the motivational quote "I'll get 1% better everyday which means I'll be 100% better in 100 days" as a general mantra for self-improvement is not practical in terms of accurately describing the quantification of literal progression of said quality or characteristic or skill.”
The above in bold is the contention that I will adhere to.
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Hello President WyIted or something like that, 

The issue with this quote is explaining how does one quantify +1% improvement? Additionally, what does a value of +100% look like in a tangible form that relates to the progress? A quality, characteristic, or skill being +100% improved means being twice/2x as good, but how can that be accurately measured? What does it mean in the line of progression to be “twice as good” at doing a particular thing? If someone were to walk up to a painter and judge his art by saying, “Man, your paintings are 100% better from 3 months ago,” it would be a subjective observation. Unless that critic was using a standard of criteria based on a graded scale of points or something of the like to judge the art and the previous art, then one could see the painter had, say, a 20/50 scoring 100 days ago and then today had a scoring of 40/50. Similarly, I know that with stats recording in sports, yes, it is possible to precisely measure different factors like the amount of goals/points and tallys of effective maneuvers or mistakes within the sport, whatever those may be. 

I have shown how literal 100% improvement can be measured in some cases, however my contention is not just about being 100% better, but is collectively also about somehow becoming 1% better every new day over a span of 100 days. I do not think this can be accurately measured which means it is not practical for quantifying the description of progression. 100% more from the initial rating is a very substantial increase as it is double the amount. Can someone feasibly reach such a level of improvement in such a short amount of time? And this question also needs to be answered: how can the improvement be measured every single day in intervals of +1% additions?





Con
#2
The British Cycling team's performance director, Sir Dave Brailsford, used a strategy called "the aggregation of marginal gains" to improve the team by 1% in every aspect:
Redesigning bike seats
Using biofeedback sensors
Painting the floor white to identify dust
Improving sleep
Improving personal hygiene
Improving lighting
Improving monitor orientation
Improving keyboard shortcuts
Improving computer settings 
 
The team's success included:
2008 Beijing Olympics: Won 60% of the gold medals in their sport
2012 London Olympics: Set 9 Olympic records and 7 World records
Tour de France: Five victories in six years 
 
Brailsford later implemented similar changes with the Tour de France team, which also found success.

The above is from Google AI because time is not on my side here.

But the gentleman who won so many championships by finding multiple 1% advantages shows it is practical.

He took a losing team and showed them how to reduce their chance of illness by 1% by having a surgeon show them how to wash their hands. Their sleep was analyzed for 1% gains. They used a squatty potty to improve shit performance and the worst bicycle team shortly after won the tour de France. 

Also if you improve 1% a day for 100 days, you are much better than 100% better due to the laws of compound gains. I think it's closer to 350% better
Round 2
Pro
#3
Time is against me. I thought I had another day to prepare. 

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Con
#4
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Round 3
Pro
#5
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Con
#6
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