Because time is zero-sum, prioritization is mandatory. This is an index of purpose-built prioritization frameworks, and an overarching one to optimize your life.| A Smart Bear
RICE and other confidence-based frameworks are mostly noise. Here's how to make decisions without pretending to know the unknowable.| A Smart Bear
People love to say that getting "1% better per day" makes you 37x better after a year, but this obviously makes no sense. But 2x better is possible.| A Smart Bear
A simple workshop that evaluates new business ideas relative to your existing strengths -- the key to expanding without overreaching.| A Smart Bear
Why "expected value" doesn't work; here's a better framework for making long-term investments in your career, startup, and life.| A Smart Bear
Most so-called "strategies" are vague, wishful thinking, written once and never seen again. Don't do that. These are the characteristics of great strategy.| A Smart Bear
Being "in control" is impossible, perhaps not even desirable. Being "in command" is ideal: honest, introspective, agile, aware, and proactive.| A Smart Bear
A novel system for selecting and presenting product KPIs, satisfying not only the product team, but also stakeholders, executives, and customers.| A Smart Bear
Fast, or Best? Choose your decision-making goal wisely, especially if you're a natural perfectionist.| A Smart Bear
The vaunted "single-threaded, ordered list" confuses "prioritization" with "work-planning," and forces comparisons of the un-comparable. Here's the solution.| A Smart Bear
This complete work-prioritization framework builds on the simplistic "Rocks, Pebbles, Sand" analogy, adding the details you need in the real world.| A Smart Bear
Binstack is a technique for selecting the "single most impactful" solution when there are multiple, incomparable dimensions to evaluate.| A Smart Bear
Meetings are most productive when we create something that none of us could have created alone. Here are several ways to use meeting time wisely.| A Smart Bear
According to the Internet, being a Product Manager is impossible. Can you ever measure up? No. But don't worry, there's a better answer.| A Smart Bear