Daily prioritization check-in
The process of finding what is important to work on could be translated into this series of simple questions:
- Do I truly have to do this thing now?
- If the answer is Yes, is this “The Most Important Thing?”
- If not, where does it fit in relation to the other tasks?
- Is someone waiting on me for this?
- If so, when do they need it?
- Does working/not working on this now have long-term consequences that I am not aware of?
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