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Coaching Layer

Experience an Embedded Practice in real work.

Practice: The Priority Filter

Pick your top 3 priorities. Let them be the filter for what you say yes to.

The Hook

Recency is not urgency. Protect your most important work before the interruptions decide for you.

DefaultBehavior SpectrumEmbedded
01
Signal

Are they catching it in time?

A new request lands, pulling at committed work. Note the source of the evidence — did you read, witness it, or hear about it secondhand?

Monday, you read a chat note: "A new request just came in that might shift my week." A written signal — read, not witnessed. Noted, not yet confirmed.
02
Redirect

Is the new or default action running?

Did they weigh the new request against their named three — or drop everything to chase it? Can't see it, ask. See it, reinforce it.

In your one-on-one, you confirm they had named their top 3 and weighed the new ask against them. You reinforce it: "You checked it against your three first. Do that again."
03
Shift

Is this a pattern, or one good moment?

Fewer commitments fall through, and named work finishes on time. Check that this is happening week over week — not one quiet week.

Two weeks running, their named three finish on schedule and new asks get weighed, not chased. Not a quiet week — a pattern. Both times trace back to the Monday check.
04
Embedded

Is it showing up unprompted?

No prompting needed. New requests get weighed against what matters by default, and they stop naming it as a step.

A stakeholder mentions they got a clear "not this week," no hesitation. You name it: "You protect your three without being asked anymore."
↺ Repeat until Embedded
Before (Old Pattern)
After (Embedded)
  • Lack of priorities to weigh against. Nothing named for a new request to be measured against.
  • New requests pull their attention by default — whichever request lands last wins. Recency, not importance, is deciding for them.
  • "My top 3 priorities this week." Priorities are named and visible.
  • New requests get measured against them before anything shifts.
The Goal

Consistent evidence of spotting recency dressed up as urgency — before it overrides what actually matters.

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