What is Return on Sweat?
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Return on Sweat is a play on the finance term "return on investment." It measures what your effort and consistency give back to you: Return on Sweat = Net Benefit ÷ (Time + Effort + Energy). The point is not only the result. The journey is the real return.
An example
An athlete trained about 1,460 days, more than 35,000 hours, for a handful of races that lasted less than two minutes in total. Measured only by those minutes, the return looks small. Measured by everything the athlete became, it was enormous.
Score your own with the ROS Calculator, or read how the process compounds. The calculator uses the average of Time, Effort and Energy as a normalized denominator, keeping scores on a comparable scale.
Questions
What is the Return on Sweat formula?
- Net Benefit ÷ (Time + Effort + Energy).
Is Return on Sweat only about sport?
- No. It applies to anything you put sweat into: training, school, work, a business or family.
How is it different from ROI?
- ROI measures what money gives back. Return on Sweat measures what your time, effort and energy give back, including who you become.
How can I measure my own Return on Sweat?
- Use the free ROS Calculator to score up to three things you're working on.