The Avoidance List

Warren Buffett's method of prioritising desires, as passed on by Dan Babcock.

Alex Banayan's framework, from The Third Door, pp. 69 to 133.

List twenty five things
Write what you want to accomplish in the next twelve months.
Circle five
Choose the five you would do if you could only do five in the next three months.
Label the lists
Copy the five onto a second sheet as the Priority List and call the other twenty the Avoidance List.
Avoid the twenty
Stay away from the Avoidance List until the top five are done.

From chapter: Step 3: Find Your Inside Man, pp. 69–133

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