Glossary
The vocabulary of the methodology.
A method is only as clear as its words. Each of these stands on its own, so you can read one and leave, or read them all and see the whole system.
The method
What MEASURE × HACK™ is, and the sequence it runs on.
MEASURE × HACK™
MEASURE × HACK™ is a life operating system built on one principle: anything you can measure you can improve, and anything you can improve you can change with a fraction of the effort most people spend.
The Framework
The Framework is the five-step sequence at the center of MEASURE × HACK™: Vision, Strategy, Execution, Measure, Hack.
The disciplines
The practices the method is built out of.
HACK
A hack is the smallest change that produces the largest movement in a system.
MEASURE
MEASURE is the discipline of seeing what is actually true in a system, rather than what you assume, remember, or hope is true.
Time Challenge
A Time Challenge is a fixed-length audit, run over 3, 5, or 30 days, in which you log what you are actually doing every 30 minutes and then decide what to keep and what to offload.
The life
What the method is for, and how it maps a life worth measuring.
ME Triangle™
The ME Triangle™ is the map of the 3 areas of life used in MEASURE × HACK™: Personal, Relationship, and Business.
Money Is No Object
"Money is no object" is a state in which money no longer influences or restricts your decisions.
Rich Life
A Rich Life is one measured in experiences, relationships, and memories, in addition to a fat bank account.
The 2% Rule
The 2% Rule holds that 98% of what occupies a life is noise, and that the 2% that matters deserves all of your attention.
The Three Elements
The Three Elements are the resources every human deploys across the ME Triangle™: Time, Money, and Energy.
Measurement
The instruments: what to count, and how few of them to keep.
Business is one corner of the ME Triangle™. The operator lexicon for that corner, with formulas and benchmarks, is the Ultra CFO™ Field Guide.