Rajan Singh: Measuring fulfillment by target impact numbers is endless
Rajan Singh · Do THIS to BUILD Life Long Habits! · Jan 10, 2022 · at 34:44
Rajan Singh, founder of HabitStrong, discusses why he does not tie his happiness or sense of success to user growth metrics.
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“Well, most certainly it is not the number of people impacted because that number is arbitrary. I can be at one lakh and I'll say, you know, one million is a good number and I can be at a million and still say like a crore. So, so that, that won't there is no end to it.”
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