Comments on: Lies, Damn Lies and Follower Counts. What Really Matters

By: Best of Awake@TheWheel 2009 | Jonathan Fields

Best of Awake@TheWheel 2009 | Jonathan Fields — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:16:52 +0000

[...] Lies, Damn Lies and Follower Counts. What Really Matters – There’s been a lot of focus on follower counts, friend counts, subscriber counts, viewer counts and readers as of late. And, those are important metrics the from the standpoint of expanding your impact on the world…and potentially, your income. But, sometimes I wonder if we’re spending too much time on the … [...]

By: Cam, Divorced Dad

Cam, Divorced Dad — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:05:27 +0000

Great, great post. I’ll add a few more:
1. I care about taking the time to teach my kids to ride a two-wheeler, even when it’s painful (for them and me) to do that.
2. I care about my kids crawling into bed with me at night, even if it means a head on my back and a foot in my side.
3. I care about maximizing the time I get to spend with my kids, even though it’s not even close to how much time I want or deserve.

By: Susan Hyatt

Susan Hyatt — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:15:29 +0000

Jonathan-

This post moved me to tears.

In gratitude,
Susan

By: Kilanko Seun

Kilanko Seun — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:24:16 +0000

Aside from the fact that the post is funny, which I love, I take an humble bow for your sincerity.

This is my first visit here and I will surely be back again. Good job, bro!

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Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:19:41 +0000

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By: Allie Herzog

Allie Herzog — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:54:57 +0000

this is a beautiful post. thanks for sharing. you remind me of my dad who used to put a note in my lunchbag every day with 2 new things a day to be happy about. obviously i didnt wait until lunchtime to read them but grated the note as soon as i was out the door. these notes of the true things that matter still stay with me today. thanks for reminding us what is really important in life.

By: Jared | SpiritualZen.net

Jared | SpiritualZen.net — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:41:12 +0000

I love moments that:
-remind me I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be because there is no other place I’d rather be, which is every waking moment shared with my wife

-I realize the amazing transformation that happens in a week in our 4 month old granddaughter

-I break down in tears because I’m so grateful to be alive, I’m so full of gratitude that it is literally gushing from my body

-My wife and I spend SCUBA diving and witnessing and experiencing things for the first time together

-I feel emotions, whether sadness or happiness for they remind me I’m alive

By: Zoltán Cserei

Zoltán Cserei — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:10:02 +0000

I have two favourites from your great list:)

I care that my astonishingly beautiful, kind and brilliant wife feels loved, feels safe, feels supported and free to be who she needs to be in the world

– oh yeah, make her feel beautiful! that’s something every woman deserves!

I care about the music, the pulse of being in every corner of my life, in every corner of the world.

– and yeah, let it beat, bring it everywhere, feel it, hear it everywhere

By: Jonathan Fields

Jonathan Fields — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:25:48 +0000

Totally agree about the need to quantify and measure certain metrics. The bigger challenge, though, is knowing what’s worth measuring, figuring out how to measure them, then growing the right ones