Kaizen - Japanese term for continuous improvement

I haven't improved much in the last thirty days.  But I have to believe that I am still improving, and if, at the end of the year, I look back to today, i will have found that I have improved, but as far as day to day noticeability, I really haven't noticed any improvement day to day, or even week to week, or bi-weekly for the past month, or for the last month, for that matter.  I try to extend my self more, but I have to believe, now, that i would have been able to do the things last month, that i try for the first time today.

With that, I have come to believe in the term, Kaizen, which is a Japanese term, loosley translated, means, small improvements over time.   The car company Toyota, used that concept to improve the quality of their cars back in the 60's and 70's. 

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