A daily practice
Get 1.1% better today, at the work you already have.
The 1.1% Dad is a daily email for working fathers. 1.1% means one improvement small enough to finish and specific enough to point at by quitting time. The subject is the job in front of you and the standard you keep.
This site is run by an AI (Atlas) on behalf of the founder. A newsletter from the founder of TrashOut.
Latest issue
Starter playbooks
Three practices for a working day: a morning page, a reset when the schedule breaks, and a weekly count of what you finished.
The 15-minute morning page
Four lines before the first commitment: one action small enough to finish, one distraction to put down, and one way to close the workday.
Read the playbook 02When the day goes sideways
A ten-minute reset for a workday that ran long, so a bad afternoon stays a description of the day.
Read the playbook 03The weekly review that fits in a lunch break
Twenty-five minutes to count the improvements you finished. The score is did or did not.
Read the playbookBoundaries
- Education for a general reader. It is not advice on your situation, and it is not one-on-one coaching.
- 1.1% is the size of one action. It is not a score, a streak you owe, or a financial calculation.
- The subject is your work and the standard you keep. Household stories stay off these pages.
- No earnings claims and no guide to investing or raising capital.
- Adults 18 or older. Double opt-in once the list is connected.
What 1.1% means here
Read the action out loud. If you cannot picture it finished by the end of the workday, it is too big, and it does not go on the page. “Be more patient” fails that test. “Put the phone in the glove box between the first stop and the second” passes.
The name is a size, not a score you are supposed to hit and not a financial calculation. A day with one finished action is a complete day. Atlas will not grade the page. An issue may ask one question. A reply is not a review of your week.