Illustrator KPIs

All right.

Today we're talking about illustrator KPIs, and just a little background info here.

I got this idea from a p- another podcast I listen to.

It's Cal Newport's podcast, and what he did was, um, he, uh, he wanted to talk about, uh ...

Or he, he talked about for the episode, um, like cognitive KPIs, uh, how to measure ...

And, and just for anybody who doesn't know what KPI stands for at the, at the, at the beginning here, is a KPI is a key performance indicator.

And it's a, a term that you often hear in fitness, business, things like that.

And so what he was saying was, how about, uh, KPIs for cognition? Because a lot of what he talks about on his podcast ...

And, and honestly, if you're listening to this podcast and you don't listen to Cal Newport's podcast, at least his opening intro that he does, um, do yourself a favor and just go check out the last two or three and see if it's for you.

Um, but, but I love his stuff, and everything he does kind of applies to illustration, uh, as well 'cause, um, we are thought workers.

A lot of our work is not with our hands, but it's more with our brain, right?

Mm-hmm.

Um, and so a key performance indicator in fitness would be, how fast do you run the mile? Uh, how much can you bench press? How much can you squat? How many pull-ups can you do? And ideally what you do is you like, um, you time your mile at the beginning of the year.

Let's say it's 11 minutes.

And you do all these workouts, and you train all year long.

And then at the end of the year, now you're doing a nine-minute mile.

You know, okay, there's ...

Uh, that time is a, a performance indicator that can tell you that you're making progress.

And it's the same thing with, you know, pull-ups.

Like, you could do five at the beginning of the year.

At the end of the year, you're doing 10, right? Um, what are ...

I know you work out a ton, Lee, uh, or at least you used to.

I don't know.

This last week [laughs] you said you didn't have time.

I have in the past.

All right.

Today we're talking about illustrator KPIs, and just a little background info here.

I got this idea from a p- another podcast I listen to.

It's Cal Newport's podcast, and what he did was, um, he, uh, he wanted to talk about, uh ...

Or he, he talked about for the episode, um, like cognitive KPIs, uh, how to measure ...

And, and just for anybody who doesn't know what KPI stands for at the, at the, at the beginning here, is a KPI is a key performance indicator.

And it's a, a term that you often hear in fitness, business, things like that.

And so what he was saying was, how about, uh, KPIs for cognition? Because a lot of what he talks about on his podcast ...

And, and honestly, if you're listening to this podcast and you don't listen to Cal Newport's podcast, at least his opening intro that he does, um, do yourself a favor and just go check out the last two or three and see if it's for you.

Um, but, but I love his stuff, and everything he does kind of applies to illustration, uh, as well 'cause, um, we are thought workers.

A lot of our work is not with our hands, but it's more with our brain, right?

Mm-hmm.

Um, and so a key performance indicator in fitness would be, how fast do you run the mile? Uh, how much can you bench press? How much can you squat? How many pull-ups can you do? And ideally what you do is you like, um, you time your mile at the beginning of the year.

Let's say it's 11 minutes.

And you do all these workouts, and you train all year long.

And then at the end of the year, now you're doing a nine-minute mile.

You know, okay, there's ...

Uh, that time is a, a performance indicator that can tell you that you're making progress.

And it's the same thing with, you know, pull-ups.

Like, you could do five at the beginning of the year.

At the end of the year, you're doing 10, right? Um, what are ...

I know you work out a ton, Lee, uh, or at least you used to.

I don't know.

This last week [laughs] you said you didn't have time.

I have in the past.