A simple tool for individuals, teams and organisations to focus your energy on what really matters to you.
Made by David Bauer, a curious generalist who loves making things.
You can use this tool for your personal or professional life. You can apply it to yourself only or look at how teams or entire organisations spend their time. It’s designed to be very simple, intuitive and more human-centric than just comparing input cost with output value.
The idea is to think about your activities along two dimensions: How valuable are they for what you want to achieve? And how much do you enjoy spending time on them?
Valuable, but kinda suck
Valuable, but kinda suck
Valuable and spark joy
Valuable and spark joy
Suck and aren't valuable
Suck and aren't valuable
Fun, but not very valuable
Fun, but not very valuable
First, let's create a list of all activities, projects or products you want to assess.
All activities have been placed on the grid! Forgot something?
Drag activities from the list above and drop them onto the grid
Valuable, but kinda suck
Is there a way to make you enjoy them more? If not: Try to reduce the time you have to spend on them without compromising on value, maybe delegate or outsource them.
Valuable and spark joy
Make sure you protect them. Can you make them even more central to what you do? And ask yourself: What you can learn from those that might help you make some Darlings more valuable and some Pills more enjoyable?
Suck and aren't valuable
Check for blind spots: Are you missing something? If not: Stop doing these as soon as you can.
Fun, but not very valuable
Can you make them more valuable? If not: Enjoy them, keep them as an energy boost, but be careful not to prioritise them over the pills.
Made by David Bauer, a curious generalist who loves making things.