The 5% Rule

Most of life is just maintenance. Waking up, doing the work, showing up to the same routines everyone else does. That’s the ninety five percent. Anyone can manage that.

The difference is in the last five.

For me, it’s the five minutes I keep writing when my brain wants to shut down. It’s showing up to train when I’d rather scroll or sleep. It’s holding back from saying the easy thing that would win the moment but cost me respect later.

None of it feels big in the moment. But that five percent stacks. Quietly, invisibly. And over time, it decides who you become.

The 5% rule isn’t exciting. Nobody notices it, nobody applauds it. But over time, it adds up in the way your words come out sharper, your body holds stronger, and your mind stops breaking at the first sign of pressure.

Greatness doesn’t come from the ninety five percent that looks the same for everyone else. It’s built in the five percent we think won’t matter until it’s the only thing that does.