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February 12, 2005
Piece of advice
Improve yourself at least 1% everyday, and in just over 2 months you will have improved 100%.
I knew I was forgeting something. Early I mistakenly put three months, but I was tired from a night of work and just could not quite figure out what I was forgeting, but thanks Tim for reminding me that you have to compound the improvment each day.
Posted by Jon at February 12, 2005 07:52 AM
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Haynes posted on his blog some advice, and my response to it was very numerical. He said that if you improved yourself by 1% every day, you would be 100% better in a little over 3 months. I calculated it... [Read More]
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From my calculations, if you were to improve yourself by 1% every day, you would be 100% better in 70 days, not just over 90:
Day 1 - 101%
Day 2 - 102.01%
Day 3 - 103.0301%
Day 4 - 104.060401%
Day 5 - 105.10100501%
Day 6 - 106.1520150601%
Day 7 - 107.2135352107%
Day 8 - 108.28567056281%
Day 9 - 109.36852726844%
Day 10 - 110.46221254112%
Day 11 - 111.56683466653%
Day 12 - 112.6825030132%
Day 13 - 113.80932804333%
Day 14 - 114.94742132376%
Day 15 - 116.096895537%
Day 16 - 117.25786449237%
Day 17 - 118.43044313729%
Day 18 - 119.61474756867%
Day 19 - 120.81089504435%
Day 20 - 122.0190039948%
Day 21 - 123.23919403474%
Day 22 - 124.47158597509%
Day 23 - 125.71630183484%
Day 24 - 126.97346485319%
Day 25 - 128.24319950172%
Day 26 - 129.52563149674%
Day 27 - 130.82088781171%
Day 28 - 132.12909668983%
Day 29 - 133.45038765672%
Day 30 - 134.78489153329%
Day 31 - 136.13274044862%
Day 32 - 137.49406785311%
Day 33 - 138.86900853164%
Day 34 - 140.25769861696%
Day 35 - 141.66027560313%
Day 36 - 143.07687835916%
Day 37 - 144.50764714275%
Day 38 - 145.95272361418%
Day 39 - 147.41225085032%
Day 40 - 148.88637335882%
Day 41 - 150.37523709241%
Day 42 - 151.87898946333%
Day 43 - 153.39777935797%
Day 44 - 154.93175715155%
Day 45 - 156.48107472306%
Day 46 - 158.04588547029%
Day 47 - 159.626344325%
Day 48 - 161.22260776825%
Day 49 - 162.83483384593%
Day 50 - 164.46318218439%
Day 51 - 166.10781400623%
Day 52 - 167.76889214629%
Day 53 - 169.44658106776%
Day 54 - 171.14104687843%
Day 55 - 172.85245734722%
Day 56 - 174.58098192069%
Day 57 - 176.3267917399%
Day 58 - 178.0900596573%
Day 59 - 179.87096025387%
Day 60 - 181.66966985641%
Day 61 - 183.48636655497%
Day 62 - 185.32123022052%
Day 63 - 187.17444252273%
Day 64 - 189.04618694796%
Day 65 - 190.93664881744%
Day 66 - 192.84601530561%
Day 67 - 194.77447545867%
Day 68 - 196.72222021325%
Day 69 - 198.68944241538%
Day 70 - 200.67633683954%
You forgot to figure in that each day you increase by 1%, you are already improved more than the start of the last day.
Posted by: Tim at February 12, 2005 10:11 AM