Dialed In Professionally… Disconnected Personally?
In business, we say: What gets measured gets managed.
I love this concept—because I believe in progress over perfection and in the power of the Build–Measure–Learn loop shared by author Eric Ries in one of my all-time favorite business reads, The Lean Startup.
But let’s pause and ask an important question…
What are you measuring in your life?
Too many leaders obsess over income statements and KPIs but never stop to measure the most important areas of their personal lives. As a result, they win in business and lose in the areas that actually matter.
That’s the definition of a Pyrrhic victory—a win that costs you everything.
This week, I’ve been reading The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life by Sahil Bloom. It’s reminded me how critical it is to define your own scoreboard. In Bloom’s words, the five real measures of wealth are:
Time Wealth – Do you control your calendar?
Social Wealth – Are you deeply connected to your people?
Mental Wealth – Do you feel purpose in your days?
Physical Wealth – Are you healthy and energetic?
Financial Wealth – Do you have the margin to live freely?
In The Steady Leader, I write about the importance of refining your plan through feedback. Leadership is never “set it and forget it.” We plan. We act. But, then we measure and adjust.
Here are a few questions I’m asking myself this week. I encourage you to do the same:
Am I measuring what actually matters?
Where am I winning? Where am I quietly drifting?
What needs to be refined so that I finish this season stronger?
God doesn’t call us to complacency. He calls us to faithful stewardship. That means doing the hard work of reflection and course correction.
You can’t lead your business—or your team—well if your life is being led by accident.
Measure. Adjust. And move forward in faith.
Stay steady,
Lead well.
—Schuyler
Written by Schuyler Williamson
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God Bless!
~ Schuyler Williamson