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March 20, 2008

Quote of the Week: How do you Measure Success?


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How do you measure success in what you are doing?  Too often our measurements of success are dictated by the business culture around us in terms of the "bottom line."  Joseph Myers contends that story is a better measurement of life because it opens wide the multiple ways we can measure success.  With that in mind, check out this quote:

"The quality of our experience is not measured by the seconds on the clock, but by the timelessness of our experience. We fool ourselves if we ask how long it will take before we know who we are, become conscious, identify with our purpose, or remember our own history in a more forgiving way.

The things that matter to us are measured by depth.  Would you assess your humanity by its pace?  When I view myself as a time-sensitive product, valued for what I produce, then I have made depth, extended thought, and the inward journey marginal indulgences."  - Peter Block, The Answer to How is Yes

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