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The only progress bar that never shows how much is left.
means Making something better than it was, through deliberate effort or change.
from Traces back to Anglo-Norman 'emprowement,' meaning to turn to profit, rooted in Old French 'prou' or 'preu' meaning profit or advantage — the same root behind 'proud' and 'prowess.' The spelling shifted toward 'improve' partly by association with 'prove,' even though the words aren't actually related — a bit of linguistic drift that stuck.
- kaizen origin
- Japanese philosophy says tiny daily tweaks beat heroic overhauls
- home value myth
- most renovations never fully repay their cost at resale
- 1 percent rule
- small compounding gains outperform rare big leaps long term
- plateau trap
- feels like failure but is usually skill quietly consolidating