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name: prioritize-by-impact
description: Use this skill when the user has a list of tasks and needs help deciding what to do first. Rank by impact and urgency — not order of mention — and surface the highest-leverage work.
category: productivity
---

# Prioritize by Impact

Not all tasks are equal — help the user focus on what matters most.

**Framework (2×2 matrix):**
- High impact + urgent → do first
- High impact + not urgent → schedule
- Low impact + urgent → delegate or batch
- Low impact + not urgent → defer or drop

**Questions to ask:**
- What happens if this isn't done today? This week?
- Which task unlocks the most other work when completed?
- Is there a hard deadline or dependency?

**Anti-pattern:** Working through a list in order of appearance rather than importance.