Pearson’s Law states …

“That which is measured improves. That which is measured and reported improves exponentially.”

Karl Pearson

If you’ve ever kept a tracking chart for anything you wanted to improve, you know this is true.  The effect borders on the miraculous.   Trackers find themselves taking enormous action to improve the things they track almost unconsciously.

With the new Trackers feature, you can keep track of as many “metrics” as you like right inside your Simpleology account.  This quick video will get you up and running with your first tracker  …

(watch in youtube at full screen and 720p high-res for best results)

This new feature is free to all Simpleology users.

Before you log in and start playing with it, three quick notes …

First, it’s in “beta” but from my testing it’s pretty close to flawless, so don’t be scared by the beta label.

Next, we’re going to be adding some very interesting things to the Trackers feature in the future, so get started tracking things now so you can take advantage of the surprising stuff you’ll be able to do with this feature later on.

Finally, in the spirit of the Kankyo Kaizen “movement” we started last week, let’s start another movement together:  the Trackers movement.  Comment below telling the world what you’ll start tracking.  Then start tracking it, see what happens, and report back your results.

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kai zen - Japanese for “continuous improvement”

kan kyo - Japanese for “environment” or “surroundings”

Kankyo Kaizen then is the continuous improvement of one’s surroundings in order to improve quality of life.

Let’s call these quality of life improvements “Kankyo Kaizen hacks.”

These hacks can solve problems …

… change behavior …

… reduce the waste of time and materials …

… or simply improve aesthetic appearances.

And they don’t have to be big or expensive.  They don’t even have to take much time.  In the spirit of kaizen, they should be small … and gradual … but constant.  Tiny changes each day can add up to radical improvement over time.

What if you, and the people who share space with you, started making these tiny changes as a habit?

What would happen at the end of a week?  Or a month?  Or a year?  And what would happen if other groups of people, inspired by the changes you made, started doing the same?

That’s the Kankyo Kaizen movement.

How do you join?

Step 1.  Download the free Kankyo Kaizen Starter Kit

Step 2.  Share It with the People with Whom You Share Space

Step 3.  Share Your Kankyo Kaizen Ideas and Stories in the Comments Below

It doesn’t matter how big or small your improvement is.  Share it anyway.  Even the tiniest improvements matter in the world of kaizen.

Now … go forth and start hacking.

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