Differentiating Low Cost, High Benefit Requests

Pass the salt is a low-cost request that we should just do without hesitation. Categorizing asks as low or high cost to us is important in determining when to say yes or no. Pass the salt asks are low-cost for us but high benefit for the other person, like writing recommendation letters. On the other hand, bake your famous lasagna asks are high effort for us but low benefit to the world. We should say no to those and reserve our time for hero's journey asks. Hero's journey asks are high benefit to others, even if they require high cost from us. For example, running orientation programs where our unique talents can create great value for the organization.