Peter Drucker has said that what gets measured gets improved.

And this insight's been incredibly valuable to me over the years I want to explain why.

Until you measure something, you're operating in somewhat of a black box.

You're essentially guessing, aiming at targets you can't see, which ultimately means you're leaving

life up to chance. But once you begin to gauge your progress in a specified area, you now have

information to work with. You have an increased sense of awareness and the ability to focus,

which, as I've said before, and believe wholeheartedly what you focus on becomes your reality.

So here's a quick example that I think adequately paints a picture here of what I'm talking about.

Way back when I first started my business, I was chatting with a friend about wanting to grow my YouTube subscribers. Add value to as many people as I possibly could

with my work. Back then, it was all YouTube. That was the crux of my business. And so the first question

he asked, he goes, just out of curiosity, how many subscribers join the channel daily? And I realized in that moment, you know, I don't know.

I knew the total amount. Like I kept tabs on that, but not the sort of daily fluctuation.

How much grew on Monday versus Friday, you know, that type of thing. And this guy, he had a tracker.

He's very big on that. Basically, a sheet with the most important things that he's trying to change

in his life. And every day when he would wake up, he'd record a quick measurement in each of those

categories. My first thought was, eh, you know, that's a little over the top, it's a little extra.

But hey, one of my favorite mantras is that you are your own experiment,

and I was happy to try something new that could have a positive impact.

And so I did. I started recording daily the net subscribers that joined the Your World Within community.

And what I found was incredible.

They say it's the simple things that make the greatest difference in our lives,

and this would certainly be no exception, right?

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