Where to focus

How do I decide what to focus on this week?

To decide where to focus, weigh your goals, recent blockers, and the latest check-ins, then commit your attention to the three areas that will matter most. A manager’s week fills itself if you let it, and the question is whether you’ll be busy with the right things, so this preset answers it every Monday with the reasoning behind each pick.

What this is for

This preset solves the attention allocation problem. Everything competes for a manager’s time, and the loudest thing usually wins. The goal that’s quietly stalling, the blocker nobody escalated, the person whose check-ins have gone flat: none of these send calendar invites. Without a deliberate scan, you spend the week on whatever found you first.

The Where to focus preset does the scan and makes a recommendation. Every Monday, it weighs your goals, recent blockers, and the intentions and challenges from the latest check-ins, then names the three areas most worth your attention, each with an explanation you can sanity-check. You’re free to disagree with it; the value is starting the week with a considered answer instead of an empty page.

Who should use this

New managers still developing the instinct for where their attention matters. You’ll get a reasoned starting point every week instead of defaulting to whoever asked loudest.

Managers with wide scope spread across teams, goals, and projects. You’ll have a triage pass done before Monday’s first meeting.

Anyone who plans their week deliberately and wants a second opinion. You’ll compare your instincts against the data’s recommendation and catch what you were about to overlook.

The prompt

Based on current goals, recent blockers, and the intentions and challenges from the most recent check-ins, recommend the 3 areas where I should focus my attention this week. Explain the reasoning for each recommendation.

How to use

Click here to create a new Echo using this preset. You'll be able to customize the prompt and schedule before it starts generating answers.