How I Measure a Good Week Now

Nino Mihilli on Entrepreneurship, Family, Faith, and Redefining What It Means to Win

Friday has a way of making you look back.

What got done?

What didn't?

What went right?

What needs to carry into next week?

For years, I probably measured a good week the way a lot of entrepreneurs do.

Did we make progress?

Did revenue move?

Did we solve the problems?

Did we land the customer?

Did the project move forward?

I still care about all of those things.

But these days, my definition of a good week has gotten bigger.

Because I've realized you can have a great week in business and a terrible week in life.

I'm not interested in making that trade.

Did We Move Something Meaningful Forward?

I still like progress.

I'm a builder.

That's probably never going to change.

So when Friday arrives, I want to know that something meaningful moved forward.

Maybe Flat Staffing solved an important problem.

Maybe the team landed a new customer.

Maybe we improved something inside the company.

Maybe we made progress on technology through T47 Group.

Maybe Xsatori moved another step closer to the vision in my head.

It doesn't have to be dramatic.

It just needs to matter.

A good week doesn't require finishing everything.

It requires making progress on the right things.

Did I Help Someone?

This has become a bigger measure for me.

Did somebody have a better week because our paths crossed?

Maybe we helped someone find work.

Maybe I introduced two people who could help each other.

Maybe an employee needed encouragement.

Maybe another entrepreneur asked me a question and something from my experience helped them avoid a mistake.

Business gives us opportunities to influence people's lives every day.

Sometimes we become so focused on transactions that we forget that.

A profitable week is good.

A useful week is better.

Did My Team Know I Appreciated Them?

This one is easy to miss.

When you're leading, you naturally see what needs fixing.

Problems travel upward.

So leaders can spend an entire week talking about what went wrong.

What about what went right?

Did I thank somebody?

Did I recognize good work?

Did I tell someone I noticed?

Did the people working alongside me know their effort mattered?

I'm trying to become better about that.

People shouldn't have to leave your company someday before hearing how much you appreciated them.

Was I Present With My Family?

This may be one of the most important questions.

Entrepreneurs can be physically present and mentally somewhere else.

I've done it.

You're sitting at dinner, but your mind is solving tomorrow's problem.

You're having a conversation, but half of your attention is still at work.

That's not presence.

I'm still learning this.

The businesses matter.

The projects matter.

But the people I love aren't supposed to receive whatever attention is left over after everything else gets mine.

A successful week that consistently costs my family isn't success.

Did I Learn Something?

I hope there never comes a Friday when I can't answer yes to this.

One of the things I enjoy most about what I'm doing today is how much I'm learning.

Artificial intelligence.

Technology.

Markets.

Business.

Writing.

People.

Sometimes I'm learning because something worked.

Often I'm learning because something didn't.

Both count.

I've become much more comfortable saying:

"I don't know. Let's figure it out."

I think those words have opened more doors for me than pretending to have every answer ever could.

Did I Make Time for God?

This question sits above all the others.

Because I can spend an entire week building things and still neglect the One who gave me the ability to build them.

That's an easy trap for ambitious people.

We ask God to bless our businesses.

Bless our families.

Open doors.

Give us wisdom.

Then life gets busy and we forget to spend time with Him.

I'm guilty of it too.

Psalm 90:12 says:

"Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."

I've been thinking about that differently lately.

Weeks become months.

Months become years.

Years become a life.

How we spend an ordinary week matters.

Did I Enjoy Any of It?

This might sound like a strange business question.

I don't think it is.

Did I laugh this week?

Did I have a good conversation?

Did I enjoy building something?

Did I stop for a moment and appreciate how fortunate I am to still have ideas I'm excited about?

Did I notice something beautiful instead of rushing past it?

We spend so much time building the future that sometimes we forget we're already living the life we once hoped for.

That's worth remembering.

Some Weeks Are Just Hard

Of course, not every Friday ends with a victory.

Some weeks are messy.

Customers leave.

Projects break.

People disappoint you.

You disappoint yourself.

Something you expected to work doesn't.

Maybe the victory that week is simply that you didn't quit.

I've learned to count that too.

Not every week produces fruit.

Some weeks you're just tending the soil.

That's still part of building.

So, Was It a Good Week?

My answer isn't determined by one number anymore.

I ask:

Did something meaningful move forward?

Did I serve someone?

Did I appreciate my team?

Was I present with my family?

Did I learn?

Did I spend time with God?

Did I find something to be grateful for?

If I can answer yes to most of those...

That's a pretty good week.

Even if everything on the list didn't get finished.

Final Thoughts

Monday will come soon enough.

There will be another list.

Another problem.

Another idea.

Another opportunity.

But before racing into what's next, I think Friday gives us an opportunity to look back and say:

Thank you.

Thank God for what worked.

Learn from what didn't.

Thank the people who helped.

Celebrate whatever deserves celebrating.

Let go of what needs to be left behind.

Then rest.

Because success isn't built in one extraordinary week.

It's built through thousands of ordinary ones.

And I'm learning to appreciate every one God gives me.

— Nino Mihilli

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