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EPISODE · Jan 21, 2025 · 22 MIN

Numbers to track and ignore

from Rebel Therapist

We're out of balance with how much of our brain energy we give to certain numbers. Like when this happens in my brain: "How many likes did I get for that post?" A few minutes later…"How about now?" Not useful. I want the numbers I track and encourage my clients and listeners to track to be highly meaningful and helpful in making real business decisions. I never want those numbers to make us feel bad or to help us assess our worthiness. Fuck that. Useful numbers help us make decisions and pay attention to what we care about. Less useful numbers stress us out and distract us from what matters to us. Most people I know don't like to spend much time tracking or analyzing numbers in their businesses. I, on the other hand, can tend to OVER track and analyze. I sometimes like to cope with my anxiety by pretending I have some control. Tracking and analyzing numbers on spreadsheets can sometimes feel soothing. But as a company of one, NOT a huge corporation, I don't have time or energy to track every single number in my business. Using my intuition AND useful numbers helps me resist some of the most damaging traps we tend to fall into when making decisions. Useful numbers help me resist things like recency bias, confirmation bias, sunk cost fallacy, and shiny object syndrome. In this week's podcast episode, I talk about the numbers I ALWAYS pay attention to, the numbers I pay attention to just during an experiment, and the numbers I try to ignore. If you want to get my help creating your signature program beyond therapy sessions, head over to https://rebeltherapist.me/create. I'd love to support you. People mentioned in this episode: Podge Thomas  https://smallbusinesscopilot.com/ Bari Tessler  https://baritessler.com/ Thea Monyee  https://theamonyee.com/ Show notes at  https://rebeltherapist.me/podcast/238

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