1% Better
I X-ed this out a few days ago:
Figured out if I grow my X following by 1% each day for the next 5 years I’ll get to 6.2bn followers. Seems doable.
— Joe Seager-Dupuy (@jsdxyz) November 24, 2025
Every time I do the maths on compounding, it surprises me. I get it - mathematically - but I always seem surprised by the answer. It's incredible how tiny changes that compound over long periods of time can add up to extraordinary increases.
That's partly why I'm such a fanboy of Jiro Ono. The commitment to the daily ritual of getting slightly better every day - of kaizen as the Japanese call it - adds up over a 70-odd year career to being the world's greatest at what you do.
I was reminded of it again yesterday when I spent a good few hours trying to vibe code my way to an automated workflow in Zapier. I couldn't get it to work, but as I dusted off the frustration over a beer with mates, I reminded myself that I am at least 1% better ending the day than when I started.
If I keep ploughing on - showing up - every day over a long period of time, the eventual gains are going to be extraordinary. It's literally just maths.