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It would be very useful to somehow measure rationality and winning, so we could say something about the correlation. Or at least to measure winning, so we could say whether CFAR lessons contribute to winning.
Sometimes income is used as a proxy for winning. It has some problems. For our purposes I would guess a big problem is that the changes of income within a year or two (since when CFAR provides workshops) are mostly noise. (Also, for employees this metric could be more easily optimized by preparing them for job interviews, helping them to optimize their CVs, and pressuring them into doing as many interviews as possible.)
The value of income varies pretty widely across time and place (let alone between different people), so using it as a metric for "winning" is highly problematic. For instance, I was mostly insensitive to my income before getting married (and especially having my first child) beyond being able to afford rent, internet, food, and a few other things. The problem is, I don't know of any other single number that works better.