The book
Lengthen Your Stride
The 1% Method for People Who Are Not Finished
Second Edition
Fifty-two years of one idea, tested mostly by failing at it. This is not a book about transformation. It argues the opposite: that the gap between the middle of the field and the front of it is about one percent, which is smaller than you have been told and slower to cross than you have been promised.
Twelve chapters, one practice each. A twenty-item self-assessment you take at the start and again at the end. Four real people with real numbers. The author took his own test, and it is not flattering in the places he expected.
Twelve chapters
- 01The One Percent
Why the gap between good and remembered is about one percent, and why the leap fails.
Part One: Yourself
- 02The Power of Habits
One cue changed. Measured in seconds between you and the behavior.
- 03Building Resilience
Recovery time. The hours between a miss and a restart.
- 04Achieving Goals
The size of the next visible action.
Part Two: Your People
- 05Communication
One more question before you respond.
- 06Strengthening Bonds
One specific instead of one general.
Part Three: Your Work
- 07Developing Skills
A gap you can name, not a category.
- 08Leadership and Influence
The days between knowing and acting.
Part Four: Your Business
- 09Innovation and Growth
One conversation a week with someone who receives your work.
- 10Systems That Hold
A decision written down so it is never made twice.
Part Five: Your World
- 11The Reach of a Single Choice
One recurring choice, not one grand gesture.
- 12The Next Ninety Days
Your score, your plan, and one thing to do on Monday.