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The Observatory
Exercise6 minOccupationalDiscipline

The plate is full

Everything you feel you should fit in, thinned down to what actually has room

The path

How it works

  1. Read and follow
  2. List
  3. Narrow down
  4. Choose
  5. Read and follow
Get out everything you are carrying in your head right now. Not just work, but every commitment buzzing up there at the same time.

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The evidence

Why does it work?

Actively choosing what to leave out, not just adding, is the core of prioritization. More simultaneous goals compete for the same limited time and attention, which lowers the chance that any one of them actually gets finished. The same principle as “big rocks first” (cf. Locke & Latham on goal clarity, and Covey’s principle of prioritization).

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