But if you have bad habits, time becomes your enemy.

但如果你有壞習慣，時間就會成為你的敵人。

And every day that clicks by, you kind of dig the hole a little bit deeper.

每過一天，你就會把洞挖得更深一點。

I like to use that story as an introduction to this idea of making these 1% improvements for a couple reasons.

我喜歡用這個故事來引出 "改進 1%"這個概念，原因有幾個。

The first is, excellence, a lot of the time, maybe we can even say most of the time, is not actually about radical change.

首先，卓越在很多時候，甚至可以說在大多數時候，實際上並不是為了徹底改變。

It's about a commitment to accruing small improvements day in and day out.

這就是要致力於日復一日地積累微小的進步。

Secondly, it encourages you to focus on trajectory rather than position.

其次，它鼓勵你關注軌跡而不是位置。

There's a lot of discussion about position in life.

關於人生定位的討論很多。

How much money is in the bank account?

銀行賬戶裡有多少錢？

What is the number on the scale?

秤上的數字是多少？

What are the quarterly earnings?

季度收益如何？

There's all this measurement around our current position.

圍繞著我們目前的位置，我們進行了各種測量。

But what getting 1% better each day encourages is to focus on your trajectory instead.

但是，每天進步 1%所鼓勵的是關注自己的發展軌跡。

Am I getting better?

我有好轉嗎？

Is the arrow pointed up and to the right?

箭頭是向上和向右嗎？

Or have we flatlined?

還是我們已經停滯不前？

Am I getting 1% better or 1% worse?

我是變好了 1%，還是變壞了 1%？

Because if you're on a good trajectory, all you need is time.

因為如果你的人生軌跡良好，你需要的只是時間。

If you have good habits, time becomes your ally.

如果你有良好的習慣，時間就會成為你的盟友。

You just need to let time work for you.

你只需要讓時間為你工作。

But if you have bad habits, time becomes your enemy.

但如果你有壞習慣，時間就會成為你的敵人。

And every day that clicks by, you kind of dig the hole a little bit deeper.

每過一天，你就會把洞挖得更深一點。

And so it's very much at the core, it's about encouraging you to focus on trajectory rather than position.

是以，它的核心是鼓勵你關注軌跡而不是位置。

How do you get to 37.78 times better?

如何達到 37.78 倍？

Where'd that ratio number come from?

這個比例數字是怎麼來的？

If you get 1% better each day for a year, 1.01 to the 365th hour, then you get 37 times better by the end of the year.

如果你在一年中每天進步 1%，365 小時進步 1.01，那麼到年底你就會進步 37 倍。

If you get 1% worse, .99 to the 365th hour, then you drive yourself almost all the way down to zero.

如果情況惡化 1%，即第 365 個小時惡化 0.99 個小時，那麼你幾乎就會把自己逼到零點。

You know, look, real life is not exactly like a mathematical equation, right?

你知道，現實生活並不完全像數學公式，對吧？

Your habits are not exactly like just formula.

你們的習慣與公式並不完全相同。

But I do think that it highlights an important concept, which is the difference between making a choice that's 1% better or 1% worse on any given day is relatively insignificant.

但我確實認為，它突出了一個重要的概念，那就是在任何一天做出好 1%或壞 1%的選擇之間的差別是相對微不足道的。

It's very easy to dismiss.

這很容易被駁回。

And this is, I think, one of the things that makes it underappreciated or underestimated.

我認為，這也是它被低估或不被重視的原因之一。

You're like, what is the difference between eating a burger and fries for lunch today or eating a salad?

你會想，今天中午吃漢堡和薯條，和吃沙拉有什麼區別？

Or going to the gym for 30 minutes or not?

或者去不去健身房鍛鍊 30 分鐘？

Well, on any given day, not a whole lot.

嗯，在任何一天，都不是很多。

You know, your body looks the same in the mirror at the end of the night.

你知道嗎，每當夜幕降臨，你的身體在鏡子裡看起來都是一樣的。

Scale hasn't really changed.

規模並沒有真正改變。

It's only two or five or 10 years later that you turn around and you're like, oh, you know, those daily choices really do add up.

只有在兩年、五年或十年之後，你才會回過頭來，你才會覺得，哦，你知道，這些日常選擇真的會讓你的生活變得更加美好。

And I think you see this pattern again and again throughout life.

我想你會在一生中反覆看到這種模式。

Like take knowledge, for example.

比如知識。

Look, reading for 10 minutes a day does not make you a genius, right?

聽著，每天閱讀 10 分鐘並不能讓你成為天才，對嗎？

It's very easy to dismiss.

這很容易被駁回。

But the person who always does that over five or 10 or 20 years, yeah, really meaningful difference in wisdom and insight.

但是，如果一個人在五年、十年或二十年的時間裡一直這樣做，那麼他的智慧和洞察力就會有很大的不同。

And productivity is the same way.

生產力也是如此。

Doing one extra thing does not make you an all-star.

多做一件事並不能讓你成為全明星。

But again, over a 10 or 20 or 30-year career, that can be a really meaningful difference in output.

但同樣，在 10 年、20 年或 30 年的職業生涯中，這可能是一個非常有意義的產出差異。

So this pattern shows up again and again.

是以，這種模式一再出現。

What starts out small and relatively easy to dismiss compounds or turns into something much more significant over time.

隨著時間的推移，一開始很小、相對容易被忽視的問題會逐漸複雜化，或變成更重要的問題。