Small Changes- Big Impact- Creating a Better Tomorrow

Parv Dasani

9 years

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This inspiring piece celebrates the power of small changes and how tiny improvements can lead to remarkable results. It encourages readers to embrace innovation, learn from setbacks, improve everyday habits, and believe that consistent little steps can create a brighter and better future..

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It is my strong belief that small changes lead to colossal improvements, upgrading the future and also helping us to invent, enhance and make our lives magical, which, honestly, everyone wishes for! Let me give you an example.

In the mid-2000’s, the British cycling team hired Dave Brailsford, in a state of a gigantic crisis. He was relentlessly committed to relying on tiny changes that produced slight upgrades. Revival was what was expected from him, because the crisis was quite severe.

Just a single gold medal had been won in the Olympics since 1908.

No British cyclist had ever won the Tour de France (a popular and competitive cycling competition which was one of the most important in the history of cycling) since about a hundred years ago when the event started. This indicates that they either had lack of the right ideas, talent or maybe strong leadership.

Dave Brailsford was a complete gem for the British cycling team as his small changes did the trick. Just five years after Brailsford took charge, they won an astounding 60% of the gold medals available for track-and field cycling events in the Olympics 2008.

Four years later, when London hosted the Olympics, they set nine Olympic records and seven world records. The same year, Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de France, followed by his teammate for four consecutive years.

Dave Brailsford’s tenure as British cycling coach ended with a historic 59 world championship titles, 18 Olympic gold medals and 7 Tour de France victories in his bag!

The tiny changes that were made by him and his coaching team were

• Testing different types of massage gels to check which one was fastest for muscle recovery

• Redesigning the bike seats to make them more comfortable

• Rubbing alcohol on the tyres for better grip

• Asking riders to wear electrically warmed or cooled shorts to maintain ideal muscle temperature

• Using biofeedback sensors to monitor each cyclist’s fitness and response

• to different workouts and climates

• Making riders switch to indoor suits since they were lighter and more

• aerodynamic

Several other changes followed, and the British cycling team turned into a powerhouse under Dave Brailsford and his odd yet brilliant philosophy of marginal gains.

Another example is when I had a dreadful failure in my Social Studies exam. I was startled seeing such low marks in the paper. I worked hard using my own marginal gains. They were…

• Changing the order in which I solved my papers

• Timing myself while solving Gemini-generated papers

• Tracking my concentration level during studies using my smartwatch

• Creating easy code words for each date, code or number

• Covering the 5 W (what, where, when, why & who) ’s and 1 H (how) in every concept

• Drawing Venn diagrams to make learning simple and informative

• Practising math puzzles or logic ones before studies to train my brain

• Using yellow lights as they are more peaceful and less painful for students

I remained humble though and studied for other subjects with the same consistency. Full marks awaited me that time

There are several tiny changes that we can make even in our daily lives. For

example…

• Change the design of the drainage system so that any litter can be pushed away

• Limit AI search engines so that there is no reduction in brain power or practical logic in a child

• Use several robotic tanks, other vehicles and self-powered guns for military

• Give students more practical training with experiments done on the natural resources we find on the earth.

• Train robots to plant trees in forests that are being cut rapidly, using the seeds that we throw after eating food

• Keeping public washrooms sterile enhances touristy wealth marginally and also improves the hygiene of several poor citizens of India.

We must continue to innovate and making miniscule to improve our lives!