Peak One · Knowledge
If everything matters, nothing comes first. Prioritising means deciding what can wait.
Prioritising is deciding what comes now and what comes later. This guide introduces simple methods. In the demo you check one task with five yes or no questions.
The lesson
Eisenhower matrix
Two questions: is it important? Is it urgent? Important and urgent: now. Important, not urgent: schedule. Urgent, not important: hand off. Neither: drop.
Impact versus effort
Roughly estimate impact and effort for each task. What does a lot and costs little comes first.
The goal as the yardstick
Does the task move the most important goal forward? If not, it needs another good reason.
Mind dependencies
What blocks others comes before what only affects you. A task on the critical path weighs more.
A few things per day
Two or three important tasks per day are realistic. The rest is buffer for what comes anyway.
Try it
Priority check · 5 questions
Sample data · nothing is saved- Does every open task have exactly one owner?
- Do you know the next milestone for every project?
- Do you decide your three most important tasks before the day starts?
- Can you see which task blocks others?
- Do you only accept new work when you know what it pushes back?
Interactive demo with invented sample data. No account, nothing is saved or sent.
An example
Monday morning at Studio Kiel
Example: Anna has eleven open tasks. After the five questions in the demo, three remain that matter today: the client approval that blocks someone else, and two tasks for the next milestone. She schedules the rest for later.
Honest limits
Methods do not replace judgement
Every method is a thinking aid. What matters is your call, based on what you know about clients and goals.
What Peak One does today
Peak Day and Peak Focus plan your day from the same tasks that board and list show. Dependencies are beta.
The demo saves nothing
The check runs in your browser with fixed rules. Your answers are neither saved nor sent.
Frequently asked questions
Which method is best?
The one you actually use. For daily work Eisenhower is often enough, for project planning impact versus effort.
How often should I reprioritise?
Daily for the day, weekly for the week. Immediately when a goal changes.
What do I do with urgent but unimportant tasks?
Hand them off, batch them or put them in a fixed block so they do not push out the important work.
Fewer things, the right ones.
If you choose deliberately every morning, you make progress on what counts.
Try the check