Principlev1

Set a single prioritized intention the evening before work

Set a single prioritized intention the evening before work begins to eliminate cognitive startup cost and decision overhead when attentional competition is highest.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Goals as Perceptual Filters (goals filter perception before awareness), Human attentional systems evolved to prioritize signals with (attentional systems prioritize immediacy over importance), and Conscious Processing Is Metabolically Expensive (deliberation consumes more metabolic resources than automatic processing). The Ivy Lee method as a principle: pre-decide to reduce decision cost at execution time.

Source Lessons

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Attention follows intention

Your attention goes where your intention already pointed it. Decide what to focus on before you start, and your perceptual system reorganizes around that decision — filtering, prioritizing, and surfacing what matters while suppressing what does not.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomGoals as Perceptual Filters AxiomConscious Processing Is Metabolically Expensive AxiomHuman attentional systems evolved to prioritize signals with

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