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The dark side of tracking a particular behavior is that we become driven by the number rather than the purpose behind it.
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The human mind wants to ‘win’ whatever game is being played.
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…we optimize for what we measure. When we choose the wrong measurement, we get the wrong behavior.
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Measurement is only useful when it guides you and adds context to a larger picture, not when it consumes you.
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In our data-driven world, we tend to overvalue numbers and undervalue anything ephemeral, soft, and difficult to quantify.
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…just because you can’t measure something doesn’t mean it’s not important at all.
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Pain is an effective teacher. If a failure is painful, it gets fixed. If a failure is relatively painless, it gets ignored.
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The more immediate and more costly a mistake is, the faster you will learn from it.
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When the consequences are severe, people learn quickly.
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We repeat bad habits because they serve us in some way, and that makes them hard to abandon.
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