AFA #68: The Benefits of Running Your Life Like a Business Series pt 2: Setting KPIs for Your Personal Growth

Businesses don’t grow by accident they have structure, strategy, and accountability. They track performance, analyze what’s working, and pivot when necessary. The most successful ones have a clear long-term vision, intentional decision-making, and a system for measuring progress.

We use KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to track success with metrics like revenue growth, customer retention, and profit margins. What if we took the same approach to our personal lives?

We say we want to be better, wealthier, healthier, more fulfilled—but we rarely ask ourselves, How am I measuring that?

Applying this strategy to my life forced me to move differently. I began setting personal KPIs in key areas:

• Finances → What % of my income am I saving and spending? How much am I reinvesting in my business?
• Health & Wellness → How many days am I committing to workouts? What am I eating and how much?
• Relationships & Networking → How often am I intentionally nurturing my connections?
• Career & Business → What milestones am I hitting? How am I scaling my skills?
• Personal Growth → What am I learning? Am I becoming more disciplined, confident, and aligned with my purpose?

When businesses don’t track things they usually run out of resources, lose focus, and ultimately become stagnant. The same thing happens in life. If you aren’t tracking where you’re going, how do you know if you’re growing?

The moment I started auditing the way I was living my life and setting actual KPIs I felt a new level of clarity. I stopped guessing what to do and making decisions based on emotion. I had clear pathways for achieving my goals because they were measurable and I gave them a formula.

The first step is defining what success looks like for you. Remember that your life has a unique value proposition. Don't compare how others are living their lives to your life. Next, get specific with numbers and dates. What does financial freedom look like for you? What milestones define personal growth? Once you have clarity, start measuring your progress. You can’t improve what you don’t track. Set monthly check-ins with yourself, keep a record of achievements and challenges, and make adjustments as needed. Life, like business, requires agility. If something isn’t working, pivot the strategy but never the vision. Finally, surround yourself with people who challenge, support, and push you to be better (your board of directors). Having the right voices in your corner makes all the difference.

Ultimately, your life is your business. You are the CEO, the visionary, the strategist. If you want to grow financially, mentally, and professionally you have to take ownership of the process.

What’s one area of your life where you could use help setting clearer KPIs? Let’s talk. Book a discovery call with me today → https://calendly.com/anita-ehui/discovery-call

Until next week,