#37 - Pick priorities & stay mission-aligned: How to avoid “bikeshedding” | Sam Corcos & Ben Grynol

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Aug 25, 2023

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How many times do you get clear about your priorities, and then get distracted and focus on something completely unimportant because it feels productive? This is what we at Levels call “bikeshedding,” and here we talk about how it happens in companies, and how people can think in order to avoid it.

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🎙 What CEO and Co-Founder Sam Corcos and Head of Growth Ben Grynol discuss:

(03:19) - The idea of shaving a yak

(06:41) - What is Bikeshedding?

(08:35) - The hard things are not hard, they're just easy to avoid

(11:35) - The Eisenhower Matrix

(13:27) - The Bike Shed effect

(15:47) - Get out of the weeds

(31:16) - Focus your actions around your core values

(34:13) - Stay true to your mission

(40:56) - Sunk costs are the currency of bikeshedding

(43:47) - The responsibility of leadership

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