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Competing Priorities Are Natural
- Competing priorities are a natural part of organizational and personal life with constant choices required.
- The key is trusting your intuition and choosing the task with the highest payoff at the moment.
Adjusting Schedule to Reduce Conflict
- David Allen adjusted his work schedule to spend quality time with his young daughter and reduced competing priorities.
- Changing work times improved his personal life and alleviated stress around conflicting demands.
Externalize Thinking and Iterate
- Externalize your thinking about priorities by talking it out or writing it down to gain clarity.
- Avoid oversimplifying prioritization with rigid formulas; instead, focus on iterating and course correcting as you go.