What Is the One Metric That Matters to You?

Have you ever thought about the one measurable thing that matters most to you?

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I read a tweet recently that asked the following questions:

The question caught me off guard in its simplicity and clarity. I often think about my own “victory condition” (hat tip to Rich Mulholland for introducing this concept to me) for certain scenarios in business but very rarely do I hear people talking about this in their personal lives.

Life is a big experiment. Every day we do things that we aren’t sure of. We make statements that could end well or badly. We get into a car that is statistically likely to end up in an accident eventually. We fly in planes, exercise, eat, drink and are merry. We experiment.

But experiments are only effective if they have a desired outcome or are being analyzed. I don’t think that we analyze our experiments (life) often enough.

We plod along eating what we eat, doing what we do, living the life we live without much introspection or review.