ShortEditorial Dispatch

When Youve Worshipped The Wrong Metrics

Metrics are useful.

Abraham of London
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Metrics are useful.

But if you're not careful,
they become gods.

You start living for numbers:

  • followers
  • income
  • titles
  • wins
  • applause

And you ignore what can't be graphed:

  • peace
  • integrity
  • family
  • character
  • devotion

Some people don't lose their lives through sin.
They lose their lives through optimisation.

They become efficient at everything
except being whole.
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This week, create new metrics:

  • Did I live honestly today?
  • Did I do what I said I would do?
  • Did I love people without using them?
  • Did I obey God in small things?

If your numbers are up
but your soul is down,
that's not growth.

That's drift.

Fix the metric,
or the metric will finish you.

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