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The Right Things First is out, plus the keynote it came from.

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Think about a priority you keep restarting. A health habit. A relationship. A project that stays at the top of the list and never gets the time.

There are three reasons it stalls, and they look identical from the outside. You don't know how. You don't have the room. You're not the one deciding.

​The Right Things First: A Pocket Guide to Relentless Prioritization is out today, along with the mini-keynote I recorded in Austin, which is the whole argument in 14 minutes.

Why it matters:

  • Optimization improves something that already exists. Prioritization asks whether it should exist at all.
  • The three reasons a priority stalls have three different fixes. The wrong one costs you months.

What you'll learn:

  • The three levels of prioritization, and how to tell which one you're operating at
  • The difference between a capacity problem and an agency problem, and why the fix for one makes the other worse
  • The journalist test for whether you're actually living your stated priorities
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P.S. Packs of ten or more are priced for teams, leadership retreats, and conference use. Hit reply with the number of copies you're interested in for a quote.

RaderCo - Health-Powered Productivity

Do the right things first. Twice a month I send one prioritization practice you can use that week, plus the Health-Powered Productivity podcast, the reading, and what I'm learning on the road.

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