Today I learned I have to check the numbers. Another thing I got out of that video by Jim Rohn I watched last week was the concept of looking at the hard quantible results. In the video he stated that somethings you have to check everyday. He explained how by taking a measure of the results one can learn about what their attitude really is, what their activity really is, and what their philosophy really is. It’s easy for me and most other people to get lost in the art. It’s easy for me to loose my grip of reality and lock myself in a castle in the sky. That’s exactly what happened from 18 to 22. And thats also what’s been happening ever since I started taking goal setting seriously. Ever since I moved out I’ve been goal setting pretty consistently. I’ve found that it’s something I look forward to at the end of the day. For whatever reason checking off something on a list gives me a satisfying feeling. I thought I was killing it for awhile. I would prepare a long list of goals the night before and I would work the next day to check off as many as I could. But I noticed as time went on that their would be many things I didn’t accomplish on my long list of goals for the day. I would also notice that their would be many things that I did half way. It was only after I sat down and counted how many goals I set and how many actual goals I achieve did I realize that I wasn’t even getting the most out of myself. I realized that becuase I had set an obnoxious amount of goals my effectiveness of achieving those goals decreased. This was excellent quality over quantity moment. I was only able to get this moment of clarity becuase I took a measure. Becuase I checked the numbers. Becuase I looked at the cold hard undebatable results to teach me about my efforts. That’s why I think it’s really important to take count. Because just like me, you can think your really going hard and giving it all you got until you sit down and actually measure the outcome of your efforts.