Data Stories

Pick one number this season. Retire the rest.

Twelve metrics tracked, none improved — the dashboard did what dashboards do. Try the opposite.

Attention is the scarce resource

Every number you watch takes a share of the same focus. Split it twelve ways and no single metric gets enough to actually change behaviour.

Match the number to the season

Building phase: working-set strength. Cutting phase: body-fat trend. Recovery block: weekly sleep average. One season, one headline, one honest answer.

The rest become background

You don't delete the other numbers — you demote them. They can flag an emergency; they no longer get a daily audience.

One number, honestly moved, compounds

A season spent moving one metric beats a year spent glancing at twelve. Progress you can name out loud is progress that survives a bad week.