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abark006 t1_it41ojx wrote

For millionth fucking time. This is not how it works. Delete this garbage figure from the internet I’m tired of seeing it.

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elpajaroquemamais t1_it5bz6v wrote

Yep. You can’t be 37 times better at something in a year. It’s dumb.

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captainpeanutlemon t1_it54wdx wrote

I agree

Training a skill is more of a sine graph then an exponential graph, sure you get better overall over time, but there are times when you do badly and times when you do extraordinary.

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AmongCats t1_it3ito5 wrote

i hate this mindset cause it's unsustainable and literally impossible

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macph t1_it641yp wrote

I met a guy at the pool who was trying to double his swimming distance each time he visited ... 4 lanes, 8 lanes, 16 lanes, etc... that was about 10 years ago, wonder how he's doing now. Maybe he's the guy who made this mathematically absurd chart.

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spider-bro t1_it2ylor wrote

Even improving 1% per day for two days, then backsliding 1% for one day, and repeating that pattern will yield a change of * 3.3.

So even if you take two steps forward and one step back all year you’ll be 3.3 times better than you were at the start of the year.

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the_knowing1 t1_it67csc wrote

Stomp forward. Stomp forward again. Backslide one time. Cha cha real smooth.

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power-patron t1_it3lgz2 wrote

Oof.

I'm skeptical of 1% better every day. But I have experienced 1% worse, and it's bad.

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Keks3000 t1_it4gt7p wrote

The speed of the decline is the same as the speed of the gain, it's an about order of magnitude, times three. It looks different in the graph but the graph is misleading.

If you're talking about relative gains/losses you should use a logarithmic base.

Cuz if you wanna work back up from 0.03 to 1 it will take you a year as well at that rate.
And if you wanna crash from down 37 to 1 that will also take you a year.

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4kNest t1_it3b6dj wrote

Why is it exponential?

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Infidian t1_it3oynb wrote

A 1% gain on 100 is 1. A 1% gain on 1000 is 10. The magnitude of the gain increases. The farther you go the better the gain

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4kNest t1_it3r3ip wrote

I’m in Calc 1 and I couldn’t figure that out smh.. maybe I should review the basics.

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skeith2011 t1_it4bo6u wrote

Let t0 = a

Then

> t1 = t0 + 0.01*t0 = 1.01*t0

And

> t2 = 1.01*t1 = 1.01*1.01*t0

> t3 = 1.01*t2 = 1.01*1.01*1.01*t0

> …

> tn = (1.01)^n * t0

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4kNest t1_it4fnlk wrote

This makes perfect sense, thank you :)

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Anon001Anon001 t1_it2t4eq wrote

and this my friends, is why investing is a very good thing

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kharjou t1_it3x3v9 wrote

Yeah stop watching dumb social medias with people photoshopping their pictures and lying about their lives. Focus on yourself. Just try to be better than you from yesterday it adds up

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351Camper t1_it73o5l wrote

Being 1% better than yesterday is better than nothing or being worse

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Johann_Jo t1_itrcuec wrote

Actually it's also a bit depressing: this math just proves that you CAN'T improve everyday by 1%.

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Dollhousefurniture t1_iu7foct wrote

Also progress isn’t always linear. As a former social worker, I get that this encourages people to do better. But it’s misleading and not considered attainable when goal setting.

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