Last week Mr. Bon spoke to us about vanity metrics, and actionable metrics, I’ve been thinking about this for a few days now, and I came to a question. HOW CAN YOU MEASURE SUCCESS?You see we all work hard hoping to become “successful people”, but think about it; how successful do you have to be in order to be considered a “successful person”? How do you measure success? The typical image we have of a successful person is someone with a lot of money who is really popular and well known among others. But tell me; are money and popularity actionable measures of success? Of course not! Money and popularity are what we call, vanity metrics. We tend to think that we can measure success by the amount of money we have, or the amount of people that know us; but the truth is, money doesn’t mean absolutely anything if you earned it doing something you hate, or if you have no one to share it with, on the other hand, being popular and knowing a lot of people, has absolutely no value if none of those people are real friends. The question that tortures my mind now is: Is there a quantitative way to measure success?
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Camila Bustamante
4/19/2015 12:36:25 pm
Pau, I couldn't agree more with this. People nowadays are measuring their success by the amount of likes, followers, or comments they have, when really this is of insignificant value. Something I do have to point out is that by ending your post with a question, you are giving the reader a sense that it's "half-way through", so for next time I would either try to answer that question, or come to a strong conclusion after it. I love your website by the way! :)
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Romina Lizier
4/20/2015 05:43:19 am
Pau you raise a very good point. Although money and networks to some extent is important, I agree that that isn't the true measurement of success. I would recommend to follow through on this post. It feels like what you've written is the introduction, and with that final question you leave the reader wanting more! What do you think could be a quantitative way to measure success?
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