Priorities
What is the single most important thing you can focus on right now?
Priorities are not lists. They're the perceive that builds commitment—seeing clearly what deserves your finite time and energy, so you can say no to everything else.
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The Ps Build Cs
Priorities sit at the focus layer of the loop:
| Perceive | Builds | How |
|---|---|---|
| Priorities | Commitment | Knowing what matters enables sacrifice |
| Priorities | Confidence | Clear focus reduces decision fatigue |
| Priorities | Capital | Resources concentrate where focus is clear |
| Priorities | Credibility | Consistent focus signals reliability |
Without priorities, everything is urgent. With priorities, the important rises to the top.
Decisions
Balance Needs versus Desires: What is the most valuable thing you should focus your time and energy on right now?
- Questions: What is the most important question?
- Perspective: What different perspectives are there to consider?
- Principles: What are essential underlying truths?
- Predictions: Where is the ball going to be?
- Persuasion: Who do you need on your side?
- Planning: How can you make meaningful progress?
- Prompts: How can you stay ontrack?
Happy people have balanced priorities.
Working Memory
What questions need to be at the front of mind.
- What experiment could be run to verify the truth?
- How do we guide The Ghost in the Machine while we still can?
- What exactly the power of aligned human intentions? How could it be quantified?
- What do you need to practice being a better human?
- What if you had a guardian angel that always prompted you to take the right course of action?
- What are the most powerful forces that are shape your world?
- What can you do to shape them before they shape you?
- What questions should every business leader be asking themselves?
- How do you identify businesses that are not going to make it? What are the early warning signs?
- How would you attack your business model?
- If crypto was a school subject, how would you create a practical module to prove it's value to agency, trade and society?
Goals
What goals, accomplishments, experiences and things have real value?
- What does success look like?
- How can you develop agency (character and capabilities) to acquire them?
- What signs will show you are on track?
- What systems do you need to ensure success?
Always start with a clear picture of success that defines what you aim to achieve.
Context
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