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Focus 60-70% of Time on Strengths-High-Value Work Overlap

Most people try to prioritize in the moment, and that's backwards. Small-detail thinking can't accomplish big-picture goals. Start instead with a 10-year vision exercise, then work backwards to identify which activities sit at the overlap of your personal strengths and the highest dollar-per-hour, highest lifetime-value work in your business. That intersection is where you should spend at least 60-70% of your time. Protect your first four one-hour sessions of the day for these priority activities whenever possible — don't let administrative work crowd them out. Prioritizing from context, rather than from bigger priorities established in advance, is counterproductive. The vision has to precede the calendar.

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Most people try to prioritize in the moment, and that's backwards. Small-detail thinking can't accomplish big-picture goals. Start instead with a 10-year vision exercise, then work backwards to identify which activities sit at the overlap of your personal strengths and the highest dollar-per-hour, highest lifetime-value work in your business. That intersection is where you should spend at least 60-70% of your time. Protect your first four one-hour sessions of the day for these priority activities whenever possible — don't let administrative work crowd them out. Prioritizing from context, rather than from bigger priorities established in advance, is counterproductive. The vision has to precede the calendar.

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