I’ve come to believe that minimizing tickers and the rate at which you have to make decisions is key to happiness.
Ticker = any indication of the current status of your goals/problems. Graphs. Charts. Red lines. Green lines. KPIs. Especially up to the minute, hour, or day.
Ticker = any indication of the current status of your goals/problems. Graphs. Charts. Red lines. Green lines. KPIs. Especially up to the minute, hour, or day.
When I left day-to-day ops in our businesses...
I went from constantly (by the min) checking stats (MRR, P&L, churn, Slack notifications, etc).
...to suddenly having nothing to check.
I had asked our CEOs to only send me metrics once a month via email.
I went from constantly (by the min) checking stats (MRR, P&L, churn, Slack notifications, etc).
...to suddenly having nothing to check.
I had asked our CEOs to only send me metrics once a month via email.
Suddenly all the data and problems were a month late...
Four big things changed:
1. I went into withdrawal at first—like sugar, I craved the dopamine hit of seeing a green chart go up
2. My stress level dropped massively. I slept better and felt calmer during the day.
Four big things changed:
1. I went into withdrawal at first—like sugar, I craved the dopamine hit of seeing a green chart go up
2. My stress level dropped massively. I slept better and felt calmer during the day.
3. I realized that decisions could often be made at a much slower cadence.
4. Most problems ended up getting solved well before they even got to me.
Decision fatigue is real.
4. Most problems ended up getting solved well before they even got to me.
Decision fatigue is real.
