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Being able to achieve a success metric is hard, but knowing which metric to achieve is even more important. Discover what you value and choose your own metrics for success, otherwise, your environment will dictate it for you, which could be unfulfilling for you.
Work towards your own idea of success and donโt let โFOMOโ make you feel like a failure because youโre not meeting someone elseโs metrics for success.
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Social comparison bias explains that our judgments are often influenced by comparisons to other people. A benchmark makes it easier to make a judgment, but it will not necessarily be a reasonable or more accurate judgment.
Donโt measure yourself by what youโve accomplished, but rather by what you should have accomplished with your abilities. True success is attained only through knowing you did your best to achieve your potential.ย
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โTrue success is attained only through the satisfaction of knowing you did everything within the limits of your ability to become the very best that you are capable of being.โ
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Itโs easy to measure financial success. You can see a number in your bank account and compare it to othersโ bank accounts.
But many important things for a satisfying life, like mental and physical health, relationships, freedom, and fulfillment are harder to measure. Nevertheless, you should incorporate some qualitative analysis into how you measure success.
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Success usually takes many failures to achieve. So donโt use immediate tangible results to define success. Consider what youโve learned and how it will help you succeed in the future.
Donโt define yourself solely by your current circumstances. Consider who you are becoming.
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Itโs easy to measure proxies for success. Secondary metrics donโt always translate to business results and care must be taken so they donโt become a proxy for actually knowing and fulfilling your customersโ needs.
Do what helps you achieve success and measure success in terms of the outcomes youโre trying to achieve.
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Dynamic inconsistency is a situation where the best plan for the future is not optimal when that future period arrives. We and our environments change and so must our concept of success.
Change how you measure success as you change as a person, else you risk wasting your efforts and even failure.
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