What This Is: A 4-step prioritization playbook that uses two lenses—Goal Alignment (offense) and Consequence Prevention (defense)—to decide what to work on next. Designed to stop wasting weeks on the wrong things and balance growth with stability.
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Most founders prioritize based on what feels urgent or what's exciting. Urgency is not the same as importance. Excitement is not the same as impact. The result: chaos—burning months on features nobody wants while critical bugs and at-risk customers fall through the cracks.
This playbook gives you a logic-based system to evaluate every task, balance offense and defense, catch fires before they start, and build a weekly rhythm that keeps you strategic instead of reactive.
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Two-Lens Prioritization Matrix — Goal Alignment vs. Consequence Prevention scoring for every task
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Task Categorization Worksheet — Brain dump, label, and rate in one sheet
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Impact-Urgency Scoring Template — Separate scoring guides for GA and CP tasks, combined into a priority matrix
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Cost of Delay Calculator — Break ties between competing priorities with a daily-cost formula
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Fire Prevention Audit — A monthly checklist across technical, financial, customer, and team risk areas
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Monday Morning Ritual — A 30-minute planning session to pick your Top 5
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Friday Afternoon Review — Measure impact, identify what to cut, and plan next week
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Strategic vs. Reactive Tracker — Weekly log to measure how much time you spend in each mode
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