What Gets Measured Gets Improved
AFFIRMATIONS
for
Meditation and Reflection
I am consistently posting my target goals and updated scores where I can see them, which motivates me to stay on track.
I am enthusiastically keeping score of my progress, positive behavior changes, financial gains, and the other things I want more of.
I am keeping my life in balance by keeping score of the time I devote to my work, family, health, recreation, community, and spiritual goals.
If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.
—PETER DRUCKER
Management consultant, educator, and author
Remember when you were a first-grader and your teacher gave you stars for projects you did well and for getting to class on time? Do you remember the report card you brought home to show your mom and dad how fast you were learning? You even brought your best projects home to put on the fridge.
Well, nothing’s really changed since we were young—we still love to track our success and see progress—except now we can track things like positive behavior, financial gains, and goals achieved. It may not be as visually obvious as a drawing on your fridge, but it still lets you know how you stand in relation to the past and to your future goals. Just like when you were six years old, you still have that natural enthusiasm to keep track of—and improve—your score.
Make a point today to keep score on things that would advance your personal and professional goals the most. Post your scores where you can easily see them to keep you accountable and motivated.
I am consistently posting my target goals and updated scores where I can see them, which motivates me to stay on track.
As a young child, you probably kept score of things that were valuable to you—the number of marbles you collected, the length of time you could hold your breath under water, and the number of goals you scored in soccer. You kept track of things you were good at, things you were proud of, and things you wanted to achieve more of.
It’s not much different in business or your profession. You want to develop benchmarks—and exceed them—because they represent a boost in profits and market share or an improvement in your professional capacity. Those benchmarks are called targets or critical drivers. To create those targets and track your progress, you will need a checklist of goals you want to reach.
For example: If you’re in wealth management, a critical driver may be the percentage of profits you make on assets under management. For a health spa, it might be the number of upsells you make per customer. If you’re a handyman, it might be the number of repeat customers you have. Be 100% sure of what your critical drivers are because they are the keys to keeping you continually inspired, motivated, and empowered to meet or beat your targets.
I am enthusiastically keeping score of my progress, positive behavior changes, financial gains, and the other things I want more of.
Of course, scorekeeping isn’t just for business or your career, it’s for your personal life, too.
If you’ve been working 60 hours a week—then weekends, too—you might want to look at the impact of that on your family relationships, your health, and your time available to live a balanced, holistic life. Can you keep score in these areas to ensure you improve? Of course you can.
Vinod Khosla, founding CEO of Sun Microsystems and legendary Silicon Valley investor, admitted that when his kids were younger, he kept track of how many times he got home in time to have dinner with them. Simply saying you want to spend more time with your family isn’t enough—you have to make the effort to actually do it. Keeping score will keep you on track.
In fact, if you want to be a high achiever and be successful in every area, you need to determine your goals for your personal life, family time, spiritual journey, health, and wellness—and giving back to community, society, and humanity. Set the goals, create a plan for reaching them, then keep score of your progress in all these other areas. It’s that critical.
I am keeping my life in balance by keeping score of the time I devote to my work, family, health, recreation, community, and spiritual goals.