Sports are exciting because they keep score. You need the same clarity in your own goals: set targets, track lead indicators, and measure progress regularly. Without measurement, you can't feel the momentum that makes anything worth doing.
Ever wondered why people get excited when they are watching a game of sports? Why are people ready to pay sometimes huge price just to see their players playing the game? Not only the players, but the audience also enjoys the thrill of the game. Why is it so? It's because every single game of sport is a process of achievement. Someone is playing against another and they are chasing a score. Scorekeeping is the effective tool to measure the effectiveness The same way in our process of achievement, we need to keep tracking our performance via lead indicators and end results. We cannot generate the thrill of the game if there is no scorekeeping in sports. For many people, being productive and getting more things done are tiring. It's because they don't set the target and they don't measure progress. Sometimes it requires courage to look at your score if it's poor, yet the scorekeeping lets you know how fast you are progressing towards your outcome. Sometimes the end result may not be quantifiable, but there is always an indicator if you are moving in the right direction. So here's a task for you: take a look at your progress and measure how much you have accomplished and how far you are from the target goal. So begin the process of measurement and watch your improvement.
