From a productivity perspective, prioritization is key. And it's very easy to focus on clearing the decks of minutia, especially when one's very busy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am trying to prioritize and keep everything in balance, which for me is not easy.
You need to prioritize. If you can't get to everything or do everything, that's okay.
Prioritization sounds like such a simple thing, but true prioritization starts with a very difficult question to answer, especially at a company with a portfolio approach: If you could only do one thing, what would it be? And you can't rationalize the answer, and you can't attach the one thing to some other things. It's just the one thing.
That's the mantra I use when the team tells me something is too complicated. People keep saying, 'We need more prioritization.' I say, 'Guys, what you want is less work. And that is not going to happen.'
At the most basic level, prioritizing design also represents a practical consideration. It's far easier to design first and engineer later.
It's very important to prioritize. I know, for me, my family comes first. That makes every decision very easy.
It's how you prioritize in life.
You have to make one thing a priority and achieve balance that way, rather than trying to do everything all at once.
In all planing you make a list and you set priorities.
The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.