I took a 2022 #goal to be 10X more effective. In Jan, I managed 2X.

I started with the number of people I reach as a measure of effectiveness and tracked this on my #calendar.

What gets measured, improves. After a month, the average reach of my calendar actions doubled.

But what was #surprising was that in the process, I got back about 10 hours a week of "me time".

I'm now exploring better measures of #effectiveness. I'd love to hear -- how do YOU measure #effectiveness?

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How could Bollywood star #Govinda connect to #AngelinaJolie through his network of co-stars?

2 years ago, Mohammed Niyas P and I discovered the sole Indian actor Angelina Jolie has acted with and traced his connection to Govinda using the Internet Movie Database.

This PyCon talk explains the technique & code behind that network analysis -- and why Govinda's opportunity vanished in Apr 2020.

How isolated are #Bollywood #actors from world #cinema?

Short answer: not as much as #Filipino, #Iranian, or #Turkish actors. But for its size, #Bollywood is of the most isolated clusters.

About 1 in 400 times, a Bollywood actor acts with a #British actor -- and that's the most frequent there's a crossover into world cinema.

In comparison, a Yugoslavian actor acts with Hollywood 1 in 50 times, and a Hollywood actor acts with a Brazilian / Nigerian actor 1 in 80 times.

#SouthIndian actors are even more isolated -- they act with the #British 1 in 1,800 times, and #Hollywood acts with South Indians 1 in 2,000 times.

A SMALL GUESSING GAME FOR YOU.

After British and Hollywood (Movie/TV/Horror) actors, which country does #Bollywood act with the most?

In 2021, I made 3 resolutions.

1. Lose 10 kgs. I lost 5 kg in 3 months but gained it back.
2. Fail big. I failed at confronting people. Even when important.
3. Stick to my calendar. I managed this 90% of the time.

I also continued 2 habits from before.

1. Walk 10,000 steps daily. (I averaged 10,200.)
2. Read 50 books. (I read 52.)

In 2022, I plan to:

1. Run 50 experiments and learn by disproving my beliefs.
2. Speak at 10 global forums on the beauty of data stories
3. Be 10X more effective by stopping low-impact work.

I'm curious -- what's ONE thing you'd like to do in 2022?