Everyday Systems

I was recently reading a book on goal analysis, and one idea that struck me in the section on "tracking progress' was establishing a "zone of reason" for success.

Here's what the author (Robert Mager) had to say:

"After all, perfection is rarely a reasonable expectation. But if perfection isn't reasonable, what is reasonable?...The zone of reason is your criterion of success for the item being plotted." p. 132-133.

This seems inherent in No-S... and highly applicable to a lot of other life areas.

Makes great sense KCCC. And each person's zone of reason should be an individual matter. I never quite thought about it like that. I was always striving for perfection and spinning my wheels. With No S I am learning to create a zone of reason that works for me.

Absolutely. This is why I'm so glad I finally pushed the habitcal out. Racking up consecutive days on habit is a great feat, but as a metric it's not very tolerant of the inevitable imperfection. HabitCal gives you a useful and motivating and precise picture of how you're doing even if you haven't been quite perfect: it captures this "zone of reason" and makes it look good.