From time to time, longtime radio station program director, industry newsletter publisher and now college professor and media consultant, Jerry Del Colliano, sends along these notes for daily living. Here’s one that I thought was particularly appropriate:
When you run a mile, two miles seems better.
When you accomplish all your goals in a day, doing even more somehow seems right.
When you win, you want to keep playing.
You get the idea.
But metrics can also be our enemy.
It’s not how physically fit can you get by reaching certain plateaus; it’s how healthy do you feel.
It’s not how many things can you accomplish in a day, but which ones are giving the most fulfillment.
Not about constantly achieving when all it makes you do is continue to run without savoring any victories.
The best metric to live by in my view is to ask yourself … how many days are you happy?
The end effect of everything we do should be to achieve some kind of happiness.
Happiness is not a number.
It’s a feeling and if we track it like we track other things … life gets even more rewarding. © 2015 Jerry Del Colliano
Two thoughts from the Scriptures … words from Kings David and Solomon:
But may the righteous be glad
and rejoice before God;
may they be happy and joyful. Psalm 68:3
A happy heart makes the face cheerful,
but heartache crushes the spirit. Proverbs 15:13
Marlin
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