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James Clear on kirjoittanut menestyskirjan “Atomic Habits”, suomeksi kirjan nimi on “Pura rutiinit atomeiksi”.
Tutustuin Clearin ajatusmaailmaan vuonna 2023 valmistautuessani Qatarin ympärijuoksuun.
Hänen nettisivultaan löytyy mainio esimerkki siitä, kuinka valmentaja Dale Brailford palautti brittipyöräilijät maailman huipulle.
Ja oli aikakin, sillä edellisestä olympiakultamitalista oli kulunut jo 100 vuotta eikä yksikään brittiläinen ollut pukenut kertaakaan maillot jaunea (keltaista paitaa) Tour De Francen viimeiselle etapille.
Kaikki tämä tuli muuttumaan, kiitos Brailfordin valmennusfilosofian.
“Brailsford had been hired to put British Cycling on a new trajectory.
What made him different from previous coaches was his relentless commitment to a strategy that he referred to as “the aggregation of marginal gains,” which was the philosophy of searching for a tiny margin of improvement in everything you do.
Brailsford said, “The whole principle came from the idea that if you broke down everything you could think of that goes into riding a bike, and then improve it by 1 percent, you will get a significant increase when you put them all together.”https://jamesclear.com/marginal-gains
Olen kierrättänyt tätä samaa aihetta blogeissani jo useampaan kertaa ja aion jatkaa samalla linjalla!
Edellinen seikkailu, Vatnajökull, meni aika putkeen, mutta ei se sitä tarkoita, etteikö suoritusta voisi edelleen parantaa.
Totta kai voi ja pitääkin, sillä muuten edessä on hidas hiipuminen ja sen jälkeen jyrkkä alamäki.
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James Clear has written the bestselling book “Atomic Habits”, which in Finnish is titled “Pura rutiinit atomeiksi” (“Break Your Habits into Atoms”).
I became familiar with Clear’s way of thinking in 2023 while preparing for the run around Qatar.
On his website, there’s a great example of how coach Dave Brailsford brought British cycling back to the top of the world.
And it was about time — a hundred years had passed since the last Olympic gold medal, and not a single Brit had ever worn the maillot jaune (the yellow jersey) on the final stage of the Tour de France.
All of that was about to change, thanks to Brailsford’s coaching philosophy.
“Brailsford had been hired to put British Cycling on a new trajectory.
What made him different from previous coaches was his relentless commitment to a strategy that he referred to as ‘the aggregation of marginal gains,’ which was the philosophy of searching for a tiny margin of improvement in everything you do.
Brailsford said, ‘The whole principle came from the idea that if you broke down everything you could think of that goes into riding a bike, and then improve it by 1 percent, you will get a significant increase when you put them all together.’”
— James Clear, The Aggregation of Marginal Gains
I’ve revisited this same theme several times in my blog posts and I plan to keep doing so!
The previous adventure, Vatnajökull, went quite smoothly, but that doesn’t mean the performance couldn’t be improved even further.
Of course it can…and it should….because otherwise, a slow decline will follow, and after that, a steep downhill.
You are your habits.



