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What Happened When I Started Measuring My Life Every Day | Chris Musser | TED

Can you measure a “good life?” Management consultant Chris Musser set out to answer this question for himself, developing a daily tracker to monitor progress across nine dimensions, from faith and relationships to work and wellbeing. Learn how it helped him focus on what really matters — and how you can adopt this 90-second habit,…

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Can you measure a “good life?” Management consultant Chris Musser set out to answer this question for himself, developing a daily tracker to monitor progress across nine dimensions, from faith and relationships to work and wellbeing. Learn how it helped him focus on what really matters — and how you can adopt this 90-second habit, too. (Recorded at TED@BCG on October 23, 2025)

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  1. @Joshvar-x

    February 26, 2026 at 11:02 am

    Wow

  2. @4tayshedioproductions894

    February 26, 2026 at 11:03 am

    Awesome

  3. @ashwinishekhawat2004

    February 26, 2026 at 11:03 am

    First view❤❤❤

  4. @claireconover

    February 26, 2026 at 11:05 am

    people should stop tracking everything.

    • @Meteotrix

      February 26, 2026 at 12:15 pm

      actually science is awesome, it’s when it gets misused by people in suits it starts causing issues

    • @claireconover

      February 26, 2026 at 12:22 pm

      @Meteotrix my argument is tracking everything IS a misuse of science.

  5. @americanadorkus9563

    February 26, 2026 at 11:10 am

    Lord help him grow a pair and grow up

  6. @railzip

    February 26, 2026 at 11:11 am

    This is awesome
    Very much myself. The marriage peice hit me hard.

    Thank you sir!

  7. @americanadorkus9563

    February 26, 2026 at 11:11 am

    This is what self absorbed looks like lol

    • @Meteotrix

      February 26, 2026 at 12:14 pm

      sort of but also it kinda helped him notice he was neglecting his wife soo, not really? but yeah i’m not a fan of religious people, they put all these absurd knots in their heads that make their life harder and i just want to shake my head lol

    • @kickinghorse2405

      February 26, 2026 at 1:39 pm

      That’s one take.
      Yup.
      It would seem that the bloke was raised to have “visions of grandure.”
      (My folks – albeit proud of me – are happy enough to see me feed and clothe my family 😅)
      That said,
      Another point of view is to see the validity in (and value of) slowing down enough to “take stock” of life through the lens of a selected set of values, and then – as time goes by – discover ” blind spots” as patterns show up that we might not otherwise have noticed.
      I think our boy did okay.
      How are you doing, mate?

    • @kickinghorse2405

      February 26, 2026 at 1:45 pm

      It would seem that the bloke was raised to have “visions of grandure.”
      (My folks – albeit proud of me – are happy enough to see me feed and clothe my family 😅)
      That said,
      Another noticing is to see 1) even he notice this in his talk 😊, and 2) the validity in (and value of) slowing down enough to “take stock” of life through the lens of a selected set of values, and then – as time goes by – discover “blind spots” as patterns show up that we might not otherwise have noticed.
      I think our boy did okay.
      Cheers to your day, mate!

  8. @ExistentialWolf

    February 26, 2026 at 11:15 am

    🙍‍♀🙎‍♀🤦‍♀🫐🙋:’D

  9. @WordsofArtC

    February 26, 2026 at 11:33 am

    33% is already a lot! Where are they getting their stats from? lol

    • @julianabrito2718

      February 27, 2026 at 8:14 am

      Also thought 33% thriving is incredible

    • @WordsofArtC

      February 27, 2026 at 9:09 am

      @julianabrito2718true, I’m just being jealous 😒

  10. @KristenAnnWinslet

    February 26, 2026 at 11:36 am

    The closer you approach retirement, the more you think about survival than changing the world 🌎

  11. @AtotheZness

    February 26, 2026 at 11:37 am

    That’s one way to perform introspection…whatever it takes for self-awareness is a win!

  12. @mattz7934

    February 26, 2026 at 12:01 pm

    Thank you Chris for sharing!

    I have to say, I’m disappointed in the negative comments.
    This man gets on stage to share a journaling method that has helped with introspection and finding meaning. He also mentioning that harsh feedback hits hard. And yet the knee-jerk reaction is to insult and criticize?
    If his method doesn’t work for you, that’s fine, but please don’t be rude.

    • @Jasonxbr

      February 26, 2026 at 12:24 pm

      Look we are already giving too much data to the social media and AI overlords. My happiness is offline 😌

  13. @Meteotrix

    February 26, 2026 at 12:12 pm

    i recommend more people track stuff they’re interested in. I was struggling with chronic fatigue and was worried about my productivity, so i started tracking my work hours more precisely. I started seeing tons of patterns, at some point i realized i could predict my energy levels a month in advance lol. I got hard data about what my actual energy ceiling was, how long my recovery took after work etc. Having fewer doubts about these things is awesome.

    • @AussieWarrior76

      February 27, 2026 at 4:01 am

      That’s excellent!!! Life is full of patterns and if we get on top we can predict and preserve energy when we know we will be low!

  14. @luchoarroyo7924

    February 26, 2026 at 12:22 pm

    Your Mondays are my Februarys. Every single year is a mess. Thanks God it only has 28 days.

  15. @TardigradeTough

    February 26, 2026 at 12:31 pm

    “A good life” is so subjective and different for everyone. And conforming to societal rules about a good life is starting to be more dismissed by the informed

  16. @MustafaKhan-hz5mr

    February 26, 2026 at 1:03 pm

    all good until you have to connect to the cloud, and then your data essentially belongs to the techbros

  17. @robertalmanza

    February 26, 2026 at 1:36 pm

    Why don’t we just use tape writers, write hand letters. It’s not hard. Just refuse technology. Go back to being human

  18. @vexplex0

    February 26, 2026 at 2:46 pm

    am i really the only one who thinks happiness is overrated?

    • @AussieWarrior76

      February 26, 2026 at 9:04 pm

      I agree

  19. @dyhppyx

    February 26, 2026 at 4:37 pm

    disturbing

  20. @luisruiz9205

    February 26, 2026 at 7:07 pm

    I can build your app

  21. @Kingofthenarf

    February 26, 2026 at 10:17 pm

    This dude is the definition of high functioning crazy. 😂

  22. @AdeyanjuBeulah-xq7lo

    February 27, 2026 at 7:53 am

    This is amazing. Thanks

  23. @udoyxyz

    February 27, 2026 at 7:59 am

    I love this guy. he is awesome

  24. @antonioas709

    February 27, 2026 at 8:09 am

    No. Why so data centers can use that info for something insidious

  25. @Amber_Aquarius

    February 27, 2026 at 8:12 am

    Wow. He blamed his mom for his level of success. It wasn’t a “thank you mom”. Gonna keep watching but that was surprising. 😬

  26. @davidemery677

    February 27, 2026 at 8:20 am

    I’ve talked about a lot of what Chris talks about in therapy too (worry, self-criticism, etc.). His approach seems like an application of evaluative rubrics to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

  27. @Radharanivlog871

    February 27, 2026 at 8:31 am

    Hindi dub 🖐️

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