Quotes About Metrics

The Six Steps to Success: 1) Define Success 2) Devise a Plan 3) Execute and Overcome Adversity 4) Measure Results with Key Metrics 5) Revise the Plan 6) Work Hard

Consider a simple comparison: The American government spends more on Americans' health care (per capita) than the French government spends on their entire health care system (again in per capita terms). It is a fair criticism that some individuals are left out of this coverage, or perhaps too much is sent to doctors and hospitals, but using some very plausible metrics, the American government is more involved in health care than is the French government.

People are not good at expressing their frustration. The best way to listen to the customer is through metrics.

What gets measured gets managed.

Know your numbers' is a fundamental precept of business.

You need to know exactly where you stand in a business at all times. Measure everything, because everything that is measured and watched improves.

At the end of the day in business, it's not about peer review and getting into a scientific journal. You either increase sales, or not.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, in business, so is a number.

Good marketers measure.

When I moved into management, it was all about managing people and keeping them motivated - I didn't use sales metrics to drive my business. Now, everything comes from the numbers.

The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show.

Youku Tudou kicked off 2014 in a positive direction. Mobile has become the number one screen for Youku Tudou, and we are the undisputed leader in all of the important mobile video traffic metrics.

From my background in travel at HotWire and Expedia, the metrics that TaskRabbit is seeing are more than double at what I saw at both those companies.

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A lot of times I play my music at shows based on the views and the streams.

My uneaten client stat is high.)

When you try to measure performance, particularly the performance of knowledge workers, you're positively courting dysfunction.

what we consider to be the most successful route for us to take, actually isn't. Because too often our view of success is about some external bullshit idea of achievement – an Olympic medal, the ideal husband, a good salary. And we have all these metrics that we try and reach. When really success isn't something you measure, and life isn't a race you can win. It's all . . . bollocks, actually . . .

Because too often our view of success is about some external bullshit idea of achievement – an Olympic medal, the ideal husband, a good salary. And we have all these metrics that we try and reach. When really success isn't something you measure, and life isn't a race you can win.

Because too often our view of success is about some external bullshit idea of achievement – an Olympic medal, the ideal husband, a good salary. And we have all these metrics that we try and reach. When really success isn't something you measure, and life isn't a race you can win. It's all . . . bollocks, actually .

And . . . and the thing is . . . the thing is . . . what we consider to be the most successful route for us to take, actually isn't. Because too often our view of success is about some external bullshit idea of achievement–an Olympic medal, the ideal husband, a good salary. And we have all these metrics that we try and reach. When really success isn't something you measure, and life isn't a race you can win. It's all . . . bollocks, actually . . .

Today, the PR business is 100 percent measurable. You can demonstrate with utmost accuracy who read what, when they read it, what gender they are, what education they have, what country they are from - we have all kinds of data to the smallest detail. That, too, is related to the transparency of our business.

Countries that have strong pre-crisis macroeconomic metrics, rich natural resources and export-based industries have stronger recovery prospects from economic crisis.

you build a team of competent people whom you trust, you establish goals and metrics to monitor their progress, you translate higher-level goals into specific responsibilities for your direct reports, and you reinforce them through process.