Strategy for life: importance vs addressability

I noticed an HBR article from early December called “Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want”. It made me think about The Crux, specifically impact vs addressability.

If we’re talking “strategy for life”, instead of “impact” for the y-axis, I’ll suggest “importance” to your values and who you want to be. The x-axis remains “addressability”.

• High-importance, high-addressability: Strategic focus
• High-importance, low-addressability: Romantic, lost causes
• Low-importance, high-addressability: Distractions
• Low-importance, low-addressability: Obvious things to ignore

Focus on high importance, high addressability items.