08 Jul The 2% Way: How a Philosophy of Small Improvements Took Me to Oxford, the NFL, and Neurosurgery
For many, many years now I’ve been saying that … achieving happiness requires little more than practising a few simple disciplines each and every day.
The idea is that little things, done well and done regularly, add up and provide big returns.
Small daily habits can produce big lifetime benefits … in health, wellbeing and of course, happiness.
Which is why I love and am today sharing this article …
via the Next Big Idea Club by Myron Rolle
Dr. Myron L. Rolle is a former NFL safety, a Rhodes Scholar, and a neurosurgery resident and Global Neurosurgery Fellow at Harvard-Massachusetts General Hospital. His philanthropic work, academic excellence, and athletic endeavors have been featured in top global and national outlets such as CNN, ABC News, ESPN, and CNBC.
Below, Myron shares 5 key insights from his new book, The 2% Way: How a Philosophy of Small Improvements Took Me to Oxford, the NFL, and Neurosurgery. Listen to the audio version—read by Myron himself—in the Next Big Idea App.
1. Incremental improvements lead to bigger, longer-lasting results.
When I was a recruit at Florida State University, defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews demanded tangible progress, even if it was small, at every practice. He would yell at us players: “Someone at Alabama or Clemson is working just as hard as you. I need you to be 2% better than them in some way!” It was a football concept that originated with the legendary college coach Paul “Bear” Bryant.
Once I realized the power of the 2% Way in football, I extended it to every aspect of my life. For example, most people don’t realize that being able to perform in front of thousands of fans who watch every move is a unique kind of pressure. They don’t know that playing football primes you for neurosurgery. I personally learned that both require a kind of diligence that borders on fanaticism—for me, that involved making small, 2% changes every day to achieve the dreams that I wrote down in my 5th grade spiral notebook. The 2% Way can become the foundation for your success in life, too: modest increments, calibrated correctly, can make big dreams attainable, and immense progress possible…
… keep reading the full & original article HERE