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What do you do to help yourself prioritize and focus?

Y Combinator
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  • Founders are advised to stack-rank quarterly project lists from one to ten, with the strategic constraint of executing only the top three.
  • This restriction is designed to counter the natural tendency for project lists to become infinite and to eliminate distractions.
  • The batching process focuses founders on a singular, measurable "one thing," typically defined as a specific demo day goal.
  • This approach forces a rigorous re-evaluation of project priorities ("why") rather than accepting a default list of targets.
  • Picking a single primary objective is presented as a necessary mechanism to maintain focus, countering the desire to manage multiple simultaneous targets.