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Performance Measurement: What Are You Measuring In Your Life?
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What we measure, we improve
Measurement won't solve all your problems life, but it is a way to track something essential: are you showing up in the areas that you say are important to you?
Measuring can help us spend that time in better ways, more consistently.
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How to measure what's important in your life
- Measure from a place of curiosity. Measure to understand.
- Measure from a place of self-awareness. Measure to know yourself better.
- Measure to see if you're investing time in the things that are important to you.
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