I am the only child of parents who weighed, measured, and priced everything; for whom what could not be weighed, measured, and priced, had no existence.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The narrator describes growing up in a household where only tangible, quantifiable things were valued, dismissing intangible qualities.
- In plain terms
- My parents only cared about things that could be measured or priced.
- What can you take from it?
- Overvaluing measurable things ignores what truly matters.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What cannot be measured but matters?
- How did your upbringing shape your values?
Another view
Measurable metrics are necessary in some contexts like business.
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