For the first time in my life (or at least as long as I can remember), I can finally sympathize with every woman who hates her body. It’s this insane nagging at the back of my head that won’t go away. And it’s incredibly unproductive.
But after two weeks of observation, I think I can finally pinpoint why. In the startup world there’s these things called Vanity Metrics. In regular people terms, they are numbers that you think you should be caring about, but really you’re missing the point. because they sort of don’t matter I have decided that until you’ve really figured out your routine, weight/body fat percentage are vanity metrics. Because looking at them daily does way more harm than good.
So as of today, I’m throwing out the quants. Let me rephrase that. I’m not looking at it every day. Mostly because, like in any business, you have to figure out what metrics you want to hit and what are best for your business. If your business is like a lot of other businesses out there, then it is more straightforward. Look at another company that’s successful, see what numbers they are hitting, and try to emulate. The problem with bodies and people is that no two people are the same. WE CANNOT DO THAT IN THIS CONTEXT. And that’s what we’ve been trying to do. Even at NextDrop, we’ve been trying to do that, and it makes no sense because we’re not like most companies. You just have to drive growth, and you have to figure out what drives growth for you. And then once you’ve figured it out, you try to accelerate it.
And the whole point of growth accounting is to create systems that make sense for you. We’re doing that at NextDrop now, and for me personally I need to do that for my physical health. And for me, right now, the quants are just not helping. I think I need to focus more on how I feel about things. Mostly because…it makes the most sense to me right now. I can’t explain it but…I think it’s the right thing to do.
That’s about it. Checking back in a month or two to see how things are.
So I Quit My Job and Moved to India 