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Thus Narcissus fell into the lake

This is all rippingly hilarious. Especially the last point about the mom. Then I read the Narcissus comment. And I lost it laughing. Yet the really funny part is that I don't think he sees himself as a Narcissus at all. He's pointing out some stats--out loud.

Honestly, I would have done exactly the same thing as him if I were in the same position.

I think however we as founders can easily get focused on tracking metrics that in the end amount to fairly trivial things. They help us make changes around the margins, which can payoff big or just be small gains.

I think what he did was a good exercise, however the whole post, analyze, post thing though is a tad navel gazing for my tastes.

Hey. Then if you don't really thing he was Narcissus tumbling into the reflective pool, why did you make the remark? I thought you were criticizes him. He wrote the article as an innocent analysis, like your reply to me said. A lot of good people are so insulated that they have no idea how they are viewed by others. And, to be fully analytical, I got voted 0 for my comment. : ) Which honestly, I'd rather have than a 100. It gives me challenge fodder for improvement.

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