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Understanding the importance of decision-making
Identifying biases that affect decision-making
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What We Measure, We Improve
The things we measure are the things we improve. It is only through numbers and clear tracking that we have any idea if we are getting better or worse.
- When I measured how many pushups I did, I got stronger.
- When I tracked my reading habit of 20 pages per day, I read more books.
- When I recorded my values, I began living with more integrity.
Our lives are shaped by how we choose to spend our time and energy each day. Measuring can help us spend that time in better ways, more consistently.
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It's Not About the Result, It's About Awareness
The trick is to realize that counting, measuring, and tracking is not about the result. It's about the system, not the goal.Measure from a place of curiosity. Measure to discover, to find out, to understand.
Measure from a place of self-awareness. Measure to get to know yourself better.
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You Can't Measure Everything
There are some things in life that don't need to be measured. Some people just love working out for the sake of working out. Measuring every repetition might reduce the satisfaction and make it seem more like a job. There is nothing wrong with that. (As always, take the main idea and use it in a ...
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The Idea in Practice
But even for things that can't be quantified, measuring can be helpful. And it doesn't have to be complicated or time-consuming.
You can't measure love, but you can track different ways that you are showing up with love in your life
You can't measure morality, but you can track if yo...
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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.
Change the parameters of measurement
If you want to measure success, better measure your progress with different parameters.
One parameter I use is to check if I'm able to do the small tasks that I have decided to do every day which are going to help me in the long-run.
This way we are focused on improving ourselves and ...
Step 3: Replace the victim thinking with something more helpful.
What is one small step we can take to move forward or out of this situation today?
Gratitude.
Does someone on the planet have it worse than me right now?
Learn and take action.
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