Sir David Brailsford, the architect of British cycling success in the 2012 Olympics, talks about 'marginal, incremental gains'. He points to the importance of working on improving a whole host of small things by a mere 1% margin. So, for example, better sleep results from each cyclist using the same pillow wherever the team happens to be staying overnight. Add all these marginal gains up and the upshot was that UK cycling virtually swept the board of medals.
So where are your 1% improvements going to be? Our church was challenged to do 1% more praying on a Saturday evening, take 15 minutes more out of the day to commit Sunday to God, and make 1% more smiles - it's amazing what a smiling face does to someone's sense of being welcomed!
Ready Steady Grow, p53
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