Seth Godin has written an excellent post, The Curse of Great Expectations<\/a>, which may bring you to a screeching halt in your headlong pursuit of perfection.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n His opening line, I can benchmark everything now<\/em> and his conclusion, The problem with benchmarking is that nothing but continuous improvement (except maybe spectacular results) satisfies very much<\/em> really got me thinking. It is a true statement, but it depends very much on what you are measuring.<\/p>\n First of all, a benchmark<\/a> If you judge your worth by how well you perform physical activity, If you judge your worth by your financial success, you put yourself If you judge your life by the number of friends you have and the This is a benchmark of your connections to society and I think if you measure your life by your ability to contribute to As always, I welcome your thoughts on this topic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Occasionally, I write something worth revisiting. At this time of year when we look at our accomplishments and prepare to make resolutions, it might be helpful to consider what accomplishments we measure. This was originally written in June 2004, but … Continue reading
\nis a standard by which something can be measured or judged. Measuring
\nperformance in the physical universe, whether it is miles run, wealth
\naccumulated, or performance ranking in sports or work, shows how you
\nare doing with regard to earlier efforts by yourself of others.<\/p>\n
\nyou will be confronted with the inexcapable fact that the peak of
\nphysical activity comes early in life and is long gone by the time you
\nattain judgement. <\/p>\n
\nin a terrible trap, because the occupations that pay the most money do
\nnot always provide a sense of self-worth. The decisions you make can
\ndiminish you spiritually and degrade you beyond belief.<\/p>\n
\npeople you have helping, you may obtain a better picture of
\nyour true worth. <\/p>\n
\nis also a measure of your level of contribution to the betterment of
\ncivilization. Note that I said "have" and "helping". This is a dynamic
\nmeasure of worth, not an archive of memories.<\/p>\n
\nothers, you will find that you can achieve continuous improvement over
\na very long period of time.<\/p>\n