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I’m curious if you’re focused on energy and time only as your own inputs, or if you also consider the “return” you might get in energy and time.

I have one older friend who has fully embraced a “return on energy” framework for making decisions, including what projects to work on and whom to spend time with. She reports that thinking about how energized she might feel by doing something provides a better metric compared to monetary return. (She’s even repositioned her consulting practice on this premise.)

So, your focus on time and energy seems quite valid for a personal decision-making framework.

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For me it is always what excited me. As I look at the end result, will I be happy I did the work or will I wish I had walked my dog instead.

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