Personal Goal Prioritisation

What the framework is

Personal goal prioritisation compares your goals and ambitions to decide where to put your time and energy now. The template starts with five criteria: Personal Importance, Long-Term Benefit, Feasibility, Urgency and Alignment with Values. The criteria can be changed, added to and weighted.

What the result looks like

When it earns its place

Use it at the start of a year, after a big change, or when too many goals are competing and none is moving.

The trap is treating every goal as equally urgent. Comparing goals two at a time makes you choose, and a short list of goals you act on beats a long list you don't.

How to run it with a group

1. List your goals, each as an outcome you could recognise, such as "run a 10k".
2. Decide how much each criterion counts for you.
3. Compare the goals two at a time on each criterion.
4. Pick the top two or three to focus on now, and park the rest deliberately rather than dropping them.

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