Prioritize Success like Warren Buffett -The Workbook

Created by Scott Dinsmore

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*This is a supplement to the post: Warren Buffetts 5-Step Process for Prioritizing True Success

Guidance: Use the following questions to prioritize your very most important goals. Use this in conjunction
with the Goal Setting and Action Workbook. Be sure to print this out so you can put pen to paper. Then take it to a coffee shop or park, WITHOUT an Internet connection or a time limit, and let the awesomeness begin.

Without priorities, nothing gets done.

With them, we can become superstars. Lets begin.

STEP ONE

KNOW WHAT YOU WANT LIST YOUR TOP 25 GOALS

List the top 25 things you want to do in the next few years or even in your lifetime. Just jot down anything that comes to mind as being important to you that isnt currently a part of your life. If you already did this with the Goals Setting and Action Workbook, just copy them below.

Top 25 Goals:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

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STEP TWO

PICK YOUR TOP 5 GOALS

Review each of your 25 goals above and circle the top five that are most important to you. I know this isnt easy but its necessary. Heres the simple way to do it. 1. Look at the first goal you listed above. Put a one next to it. Now compare the first goal with the second one. If the first one is more important that the second one, then move on to the third one and compare that to the first. Keep going down the list until you find one that is more important than the first (if you go through the whole list without finding one then the first one is your #1 Priority). Once you find one thats more important than the first, cross out the one next to the first and put a one next to the goal thats more important. Continue down the list comparing each goal with your new #1. Go to the end of the list and start again from the beginning until you have compared every other goal to your new #1. Once youve compared one goal to everything on the list, and its still #1, you have found your top priority. Circle it. Now go back through steps 1-4 until you find your Top 5 most important goals. The next goal that stands up against all the others will be your #2 Priority. Circle that one. And so on. For bonus points do steps 1-4 until you have prioritized all 25. The process gets much faster as you get to the less important goals. List your Top 5, in order, below.

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

My Top 5 most important goals, in order, are:

My Top 5 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

STEP THREE

MAKE YOUR TOP 5 PLAN

The whole planning process was covered in a detailed and totally free guide I put out a few weeks ago. Please refer to the Goal Setting and Action Workbook for this part of the process.

STEP FOUR

KNOW YOUR AVOID AT ALL COST LIST AND STICK TO IT

Everything you didnt circle in Step Two just became your Avoid At All Cost List. No matter what, these things get no attention from you until youve succeeded with your Top 5. List your remaining twenty goals below. Are you committed to not doing any of these until your Top 5 are complete? If not then why? Perhaps you need to go back through Step Two above. Hint: If you have things on this list that are still important (and Im sure you do), then perhaps just plan to get to them later in the year once youve gotten through one or two of your Top 5. Do this in Step 7 of the Goal Setting and Action Workbook. This list doesnt mean youre never going to do them. It just means they wont get attention until youve done whats most important to you.

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The power of priorities is having ones youll actually stick to.

My Avoid At All Cost List:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

STEP FIVE

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TOP 5

PRIO RITIES

You must be sure youre committed to your Top 5 over everything else. This portion can also be taken from Step Five: Get Leverage of the Goal Setting and Action Workbook. Ask why is this goal more important than anything in the world? Do this for your Top 5 below. Do you care about your Top 5 enough to not let anything get in the way?

Top 5:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Why is it more important than anything in the world:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Clear Priorities Get ResultsWithout them Nothing Gets Done

Congratulations! Now you actually know what matters most to you and what doesnt. Youre ahead of 90% of the world. Without priorities you are confronted with The Paradox of Choice: The more options you have, the less likely you are to choose any of them. Take this seriously. Know what you care most about and avoid everything else like the plague. Clear Priorities + Focus = Dreams Come True Every life can be Epic in it's own way. All we have to do is want it badly enough. That part is up to you. Heres to knowing what you want, and getting it!

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