In a marine navigation class I learned that if my compass is just one degrees off, I’ll be one mile off course after sailing 57 miles. The rule is similar in aviation. If a pilot leaving New York bound for LA adjusted their heading by one degree, the plane would end up 40 miles from LAX. In both situations, adjustments must be made from the beginning. If not, and the longer they are let go, the greater the course correction later.

This principal follows in life too, where small actions stack up over time taking you on a certain trajectory. Author James Clear says "If you get one percent better each day for one year, you'll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you’re done.” If we don't course-correct, we may end up in a place we don’t want to be down the road.

These small shifts are important in the work that I do as an Immersive Coach. Inside a session my client is likely to experience a small shift that puts them on the path to where they want to go. If they keep making these one degree shifts, they'll eventually experience a desired compounding effect.