The Patagonia Billionaire post was fascinating, and your comment "wealth is nearly always a proxy for success" got me thinking. A proxy is simply a stand-in: it represents the original, and may even have many of the powers of the original, but of course it's not the real thing itself. We should always measure success as ''achievement of objective" (or goal/plan/purpose/mission). The challenge, as you astutely observe, is to select the most relevant metric(s) to assess our success (achievements). For example, is "number of customers" a more important metric than "revenue"? Where does "customer satisfaction" sit? What about "staff satisfaction"?
Andrew, I've loved this year's Summer Edition. Thanks again for the crystallised stimulus!
The Patagonia Billionaire post was fascinating, and your comment "wealth is nearly always a proxy for success" got me thinking. A proxy is simply a stand-in: it represents the original, and may even have many of the powers of the original, but of course it's not the real thing itself. We should always measure success as ''achievement of objective" (or goal/plan/purpose/mission). The challenge, as you astutely observe, is to select the most relevant metric(s) to assess our success (achievements). For example, is "number of customers" a more important metric than "revenue"? Where does "customer satisfaction" sit? What about "staff satisfaction"?
Andrew, I've loved this year's Summer Edition. Thanks again for the crystallised stimulus!
Thought provoking and original as always
Always a pleasure your Friday posts Andrew.
I think walking the dog early in the morning and working in the garden are my more successful places for reflective work.