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Choose, adjust and finish goals without turning life into a busier calendar
Improve personal and work productivity at the level above task execution: decide which goals still deserve capacity, stop obsolete goals cleanly, redirect freed capacity, diagnose persistent procrastination and judge a productivity system by outcomes rather than visible busyness.
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1 checklist · 1 concept · 1 heuristic · 4 protocols · 1 question
8 elements
Distinguish a blocked goal from an obsolete goal
Persistence is useful only while the goal still deserves the effort.
Read the idea ProtocolRetire a goal explicitly when its case has changed
A dead goal can keep charging rent.
Read the idea ProtocolGive freed capacity a named destination
Stopping creates capacity. It does not choose what gets it.
Read the idea ProtocolSet a review trigger before sunk cost chooses for you
Review the case while you can still change the case.
Read the idea ConceptTreat persistent procrastination as a pattern, not a scheduling defect
A later slot is not a diagnosis.
Read the idea ProtocolIncrease task value before increasing pressure
More pressure can make an unwanted task louder without making it easier to start.
Read the idea HeuristicSeparate high standards from fear-driven perfectionism
A high bar and fear of missing it are not the same variable.
Read the idea ChecklistJudge a productivity system by protected outcomes, not calendar density
A packed calendar can be evidence of planning or evidence that planning lost the plot.
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