The ObservatoryWhat weighs most this month
Six to eight things competing for space, arranged in the order that actually matters
How it works
- Read and follow
- List
- Rank
- Write
- Read and follow
A month rarely holds everything you want to get done. This exercise forces an order, not because the rest has no value, but because something actually needs to go first.
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Why does it work?
Forcing a ranking, rather than a flat list, makes competing priorities visible. Otherwise the uncomfortable trade-offs hide in the disorder. It is the same basic idea as goal-setting research’s finding that clear, ranked goals beat vague, equal ones (Locke & Latham, 2002).
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