Micro-progress compounds into mountains. Motivation bursts leave you flat.
Waiting for motivation creates sawtooth patterns. Each burst feels productive—sudden energy, rapid progress. But without daily habits, gains decay back to baseline. 7 bursts over 365 days, yet only 2.1x total growth.
1% daily creates ascending hills—natural rhythms of effort that never reset. Each hill is bigger than the last because you're climbing from higher ground. Same 365 days: 54.7x growth. Each summit becomes the new valley floor.
The hills represent natural work rhythms. Unlike flat exponential curves, real progress has texture—but the envelope always rises.
Scroll on either graph to zoom. Increase daily rate to see how small differences compound dramatically. At 2% daily, one year = 1377x.