The math behind why small choices compound faster than you expect


A pattern worth naming directly: the leaders who change the most across a five-year window almost never do it through the dramatic interventions that get the attention. They do it through quiet adjustments to daily behavior that compound in ways most people underestimate until they see the result several years out. Research from behavioral economics on compounding behavioral change, plus longitudinal work from Stanford Graduate School of Business on what differentiates the senior leaders who...