There’s much understood about how if we try to focus on too many things at once, none are deeply impactful.
I was on a call with an ED last week discussing why their days seemed so chaotic. We quickly outlined the “priorities” of the week. There were 17! No wonder the week was chaotic. And of the 17, only 5 were mission-critical. That’s some low ROI (Return on Impact) which will, over time, damage #sustainability and lead to #burnout.
We talked about evaluating high-impact actions as the priority and letting go of low-impact actions and used a quick 2×2 to graph out efforts.
How do you stay oriented to high-impact efforts?
PS. That high impact, low resources spot is the unicorn. If you find that, double down.
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