The Warren Buffett (or apocryphal) 25-goal prioritization exercise reveals that the real threat to top-five priorities are the next 20 items—things important enough to tempt you away from your highest priorities but not important enough to be in the top five; these 'middling priorities' are more dangerous than trivial ones.
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Oliver BurkemanEvidence Quote
“those 20 are the ones you should avoid at all costs because they're the ones that um matter to you enough to lure you away from the top five”
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265 - Time, productivity, and purpose: insights from Four Thousand Weeks | Oliver Burkeman— Peter Attia MDCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:12:21 PM
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