3508: How to Prioritize by Steve Pavlina on Productivity
Feb 25, 2025•14 min•Ep 3508•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
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Episode 3508:
Steve Pavlina introduces the CARVER method, a military-inspired framework that evaluates tasks based on six key factors: Criticality, Accessibility, Return, Vulnerability, Effect, and Recognizability. By assigning numerical values to each factor, you can create a clear prioritization system, ensuring that your time and energy are spent on the most impactful projects.
Read along with the original article(s) here: https://stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/05/how-to-prioritize/
Quotes to ponder:
"By using a simple system like CARVER, you’ll know which projects are important enough to deserve your attention and which are, relatively speaking, a waste of your time and energy."
"The point of CARVER is to select a reasonably intelligent project and then get into action. Don’t lose yourself in hours of analysis paralysis."
"You want to make the greatest amount of progress towards your goals with the least amount of effort."
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