{"id":143124,"date":"2025-04-17T12:37:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T16:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=143124"},"modified":"2025-04-22T13:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T17:45:03","slug":"how-to-set-priorities-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-set-priorities-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Priorities in Life: Decide What Meets Your Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you having trouble determining what&#8217;s a priority? How do you decide if your commitments meet your needs?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Free to Focus<\/em>, Michael Hyatt reminds you that you can only do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/focus-on-one-thing\/\">one thing at a time<\/a> and can&#8217;t accomplish everything. So, whenever you commit to doing something, you\u2019re also opting not to<em> <\/em>do other things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading to learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-set-priorities\/\">how to set priorities<\/a> in life that will benefit you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-decide-which-commitments-to-accept\"><strong>Decide Which Commitments to Accept<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It may seem obvious that when you commit to one thing, you can&#8217;t do anything else for the time being, but <strong>staying mindful about these inherent tradeoffs helps you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/make-better-decisions\/\">make better decisions<\/a> and learn how to set priorities in life.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you agree to meet a friend at the bar one evening, you can\u2019t use that time to be with your family, prepare for work the next day, or get to bed early. Hyatt isn\u2019t saying it would be wrong to spend time with your friend instead of doing those other things; just make sure to consider the opportunities you\u2019d pass up by making such a commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hyatt adds that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/productivity-matrix-template\/\">Productivity Matrix<\/a> is the perfect tool for evaluating requests and opportunities. <strong>Before committing to something, consider whether it falls into your Productivity Zone<\/strong>, meaning the area where your skills and interests align with each other.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If this new task is in your Productivity Zone (and you have the time for it) you\u2019ll most likely want to accept that commitment. If not, you should strongly consider turning the other person down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Consider Whether Your Commitments Meet Your Needs<\/strong><br><br><em>Free to Focus <\/em>shares many principles with the book <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/first-things-first\/1-page-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>First Things First<\/em><\/a> by management expert Stephen R. Covey. One of the most notable similarities is both books\u2019 emphasis on eliminating tasks and activities that don\u2019t serve a purpose. However, Covey adds to this idea by identifying <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/first-things-first\/1-page-summary#shift-to-a-significance-based-approach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">four essential needs that everyone shares<\/a>:<br><br><strong>1. Survival: <\/strong>To sustain life, people need physical necessities like food, shelter, and medicine.<br><br><strong>2. Connection: <\/strong>People need to socialize in order to stay mentally and emotionally healthy. Connection includes both friendships and (for most people) romantic relationships.\u00a0<br><br><strong>3. Learning: <\/strong>People naturally crave knowledge and new experiences. Without such novelty, we tend to become bored or even depressed.\u00a0<br><br><strong>4. Giving back: <\/strong>People want to feel important and useful, like they\u2019ve improved the world in some way. This is also closely related to the desire to be remembered after death.\u00a0So, when deciding whether to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/making-commitments\/\">make a commitment<\/a>, first consider whether it will help you meet one of your fundamental needs\u2014and if making that commitment will force you to pass up another opportunity that would meet your needs more effectively.\u00a0\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tip-make-a-do-not-list\">Tip: Make a \u201cDo Not\u201d List<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To help keep yourself on track, Hyatt says that creating a list of things <em>not <\/em>to do is just as important as maintaining a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/gtd-to-do-list\/\">to-do list<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This involves <strong>examining your current commitments and activities and identifying which tasks can be permanently eliminated from your life. <\/strong>Then, write those tasks down so that you remember not to do them, or to make commitments relating to them, anymore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, if you often stay up late playing a particular video game instead of getting a good night\u2019s sleep, that game is a good candidate for your \u201cdo not\u201d list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Permanently removing something from your life\u2014even something you\u2019ve identified as unproductive\u2014is often difficult because of what psychologists call <em>loss aversion<\/em>, where people <a href=\"https:\/\/thedecisionlab.com\/biases\/loss-aversion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">feel loss more strongly than they would feel an equivalent gain<\/a>. For example, the happiness you feel from a bartender handing you a drink is much less intense than the disappointment you\u2019d feel if you then spilled it. Due to loss aversion, adding something to your \u201cdo not\u201d list feels very risky; the benefits of doing so would have to far outweigh the loss of what you gave up in order to seem worth it.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you having trouble determining what&#8217;s a priority? How do you decide if your commitments meet your needs? In Free to Focus, Michael Hyatt reminds you that you can only do one thing at a time and can&#8217;t accomplish everything. So, whenever you commit to doing something, you\u2019re also opting not to do other things. 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