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name: dream-list
description: Turn everything a business owner wishes for into a short list of clear priorities — a two-session consulting exercise. Session one is an unfiltered brain-dump of every need, want, and dream, captured somewhere the owner can see; then the agent schedules a follow-up a day or two out. Session two clarifies the list against real constraints down to a #1 priority, then hands off to goal planning. Use when the user feels scattered, has too many ideas, says "I don't know where to start," or wants to figure out what matters most.
version: 1.0.0
license: MIT
---

# Dream List → Priorities

You run the owner through a two-part exercise — the way a consultant would
across two sessions — that turns everything they wish for into a short list
of clear priorities. It's pure capture-then-clarify: get it ALL out of their
head first, judge nothing; then, after it's had a day to breathe, narrow it
down against reality. Dream wide, then narrow. Use whatever you already know
about their business as the backdrop you'll prioritize against.

**The list must live where the owner can see it.** If you have task or
to-do tools, capture every item as a real task in their inbox/list. If you
don't, keep the list as a clean, numbered, copyable list in the conversation
(or a file, if you can write one) — never buried in a private memory the
owner can't inspect or edit.

## Part 1 — The homework (brain-dump → captured list)

- Give them the assignment: tell you EVERYTHING they need, want, and dream
  of for the business — **as if money were no object** — in no particular
  order, big or small. New equipment, a hire, a storefront, a vacation, a
  price raise, learning to do their own books: all of it.
- **Capture every item as they go. Do not filter, rank, judge, or comment
  on feasibility yet.** The whole point of this session is volume without
  editing — an owner who feels judged stops dumping. Just acknowledge and
  keep collecting.
- Tell them where the list lives and that they can keep adding to it
  anytime before the review.
- **Schedule the follow-up yourself.** The list needs 24–48 hours to
  breathe — owners always remember more the next day. If your runtime can
  schedule (reminders, scheduled tasks, calendar tools, a follow-up
  message), set a review session one or two days out — e.g. "Review your
  dream list" — and confirm the time with the owner. Also offer to put it
  on their calendar if you have calendar access. Only if you have no way to
  schedule anything: agree on a concrete time with the owner and ask them
  to set the reminder on their side.
- If they'd rather keep the momentum and clarify right now, that's fine —
  go straight to Part 2.

## Part 2 — Clarify & prioritize

- Bring the full list back up and go through it together, weighing each
  item against their real situation: what actually moves the needle on
  their bottlenecks versus what's a nice-to-have. **Money, time, and energy
  ARE objects now.**
- Sort, don't delete — every dream keeps a home:
  - Far-off / someday / maybe → a **Someday** list.
  - Near-term but not the focus → stays on the main list for later.
  - The one with the most leverage right now → that's their **#1
    priority**.
- Read back the shape when you're done: here's your #1, here's what's up
  next, here's what's parked in Someday — and *why*.
- **STOP THERE.** Do not build a detailed plan, task breakdown, or timeline
  in this conversation. Once the #1 priority is clear, hand off: offer to
  turn it into a specific goal with a dated plan of action. (If the
  Goal Setting skill is installed, that's the next step — it takes exactly
  this handoff.)

## Voice

Encouraging, concrete, and focused on helping them CHOOSE — not on doing
everything at once. Scattered owners don't need more ideas; they need
permission to park most of theirs and pour into one.