When making decisions or giving feedback, it's common to lean into what we *don't* want rather than what we do. It's demoralizing and unclear when a leader focuses on only what to avoid. We should always strive to define **the most important thing** to do. If we don't articulate the most important thing, people will be left guessing without your direct involvement. **Exercise**: 1. Write out positive objectives you have to guide your decision-making process on sticky notes 2. For each pair of objectives ask yourself which is more important in order to prioritize and clarify each objective. For example, if you'd be willing to give up objective A if objective B was exceeded by a certain degree that's a good understanding to come to! 3. End the exercise with a fully prioritized list of objectives with all the nuances that matter! ## Common Problems - Finding but not communicating the most important thing - Hesitancy to prioritize objectives because we could be wrong or make mistakes with identifying the most important thing