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How do you know you are really improving?

383 sats \ 29 comments \ @cryotosensei 10 Jun AskSN

I’m sure you are on a quest for continuous improvement. Progress, not perfection. Iterate constantly, fail fast, fall forward, and seek to be a better version of yourself.

But how do you know if you have really improved? What yardsticks do you use? Or is success criteria irrelevant because trying hard is the only thing that matters?

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24 sats \ 8 replies \ @realBitcoinDog 10 Jun

I just measure revenue for ~HealthAndFitness #1002150

I’ve lost so much weight since founding the territory I’ve rewarded everyone with a 200 day posting cost!

21 sats \ 7 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 11 Jun

And one day, you will overtake @Aardvark

24 sats \ 6 replies \ @Aardvark 11 Jun

Never.

42 sats \ 5 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 11 Jun

You need some sats for your CONVICTION

48 sats \ 4 replies \ @Aardvark 11 Jun

It's not conviction in myself, it's conviction in @realBitcoinDog's incompetence.

42 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 11 Jun

Be nice. No wonder you struggle to make friends 😡

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48 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 10 Jun

Or is success criteria irrelevant because trying hard is the only thing that matters?

The first part of this, for a different reason:

For Continuous Improvement to be a continuous process, it must be continuously fed an input to be improved. Input Selection is therefore part of the cycle and to make it more confusing, the input can be the Continuous Improvement process itself. It doesn't really matter what progress was made, but more when to decide that the process isn't working as efficient as it should.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei OP 10 Jun

I like the way you brought your ideas across in a way that reminds me of programming language. I find that train of thought quite sexy because I just don’t think like that

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 10 Jun

My mind's a flowchart haha

55 sats \ 3 replies \ @Kontext 10 Jun

@denlillaapan covered it pretty nicely IMO. I guess I would add that if you keep finding/identifying mistakes in your demeanor/being, be it in the present or in the past, you're probably improving, or at least have the required understanding (that which stands under; supports; provides the base) for how to improve.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 10 Jun

I like how you used difficulty adjustment.

Also, If our base were a three-legged stool, what 3 things will it be composed of?

24 sats \ 1 reply \ @Kontext 11 Jun

I'd say the physical body, the mental body and the spiritual body. They hold & sustain the Self.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 11 Jun

Great answer!

I can’t help feeling inspired! Haha

55 sats \ 2 replies \ @bitcoingraffiti 10 Jun

the grass grows by itself

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei OP 10 Jun

Woah but how to reach that stage?

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitcoingraffiti 10 Jun

That is the stage you are already in naturally/continually.

63 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 10 Jun

I can do more than I could before? (more pushups, more & heavier pull-ups, walk further, master new skills and yoga balancing postures)

In personal, ephemeral matters, I suppose it gets harder; no obvious measuring rod.

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 10 Jun

Interesting perspective!

But surely some of our physical faculties decline with age? Like, my personal best 2.4km timing was 9 mins 18 secs. 30 years later, I would be lucky if I could hit 12-13 mins these days. How to reconcile and recalibrate my expectations?

69 sats \ 2 replies \ @fiatbad 10 Jun

If I have more Sats than the yesterday, I'm improving. If I have less Sats, I'm probly doing some dumb shit with my life.

It's surprising how well this metric works as a bellwether for everything else in my life.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei OP 10 Jun

Here’s some more sats for you haha

So I guess you don’t believe in spending and replacing your sats?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fiatbad 10 Jun

Of course I do!

But if I'm doing some dumb shit, there's never enough funds to do the replacing after doing the spending.

24 sats \ 1 reply \ @guerratotal 10 Jun

I usually notice I’ve improved when I react differently to situations that used to trigger me, or when something that felt hard before now feels easy. It’s less about big milestones and more about subtle shifts over time.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 11 Jun

Your words resonate with me.

I find that after being a parent, I’m far more unflappable. Certain things that would drive me nuts in the past barely lift my eyebrows these days