If you’re an athlete, results are measured in wins and losses. But for the rest of us, there is no scoreboard — no way to clearly measure yourself against others.
Which is a good thing, I’d say. Your success shouldn’t be based on whether you’re doing better or worse compared to someone else. There’s a reason for the expression “run your own race.”
You have to figure out why you do this work. What matters to you? Why does this work have meaning to you? And are you doing work that meets those goals and those expectations?
It’s not about followers or likes or even revenue.
However you get meaning from this work, however you measure up against that — that’s your scoreboard.
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That photo of a scoreboard on a baseball field comes via Unsplash and photographer Dominique Hicks.