Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

Peter Marshall (1902–1949)

Where across the course of your day today, could you consider where it might be that a tiny five percent upgrade is all it takes to turn today into a win and the week into momentum?

Many of us waste our lives waiting for better conditions instead of building better habits.

Waiting for motivation, waiting for clarity, waiting for the big moment, the big break, the big shift.

Meanwhile, the people who actually change their lives are the ones who do something very simple: they move the needle by five percent when everyone else is waiting for one hundred.

That’s the Friday 5% Rule.

Do one thing today just five percent better than you have all week.

Walk five percent further.
Listen five percent more attentively.
Lift five percent heavier. (for me at the moment that means lifting 6.3kgs in each hand)
Speak five percent more kindly.
Organise five percent more intentionally.
Focus five percent longer before letting your mind wander.

Five percent is small enough that you can always do it, even on a Frida…