Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

You're Measuring the Wrong Thing

Daily Chase #132

Nov 04, 2025
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You get your body fat tested. The number comes back: 17 percent. You wanted 15 percent.

So you feel disappointed. Maybe even like a failure.

But here’s the question nobody asks: What will that number actually do for you?

Nobody really cares if their body fat is 14 or 12 percent. What they care about is what they think tho…

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