128 - Ability, Capacity, Agency

You know what your priorities are. Getting to them is a different problem.

 

In this episode, Marcey breaks down the second lens she uses with clients to figure out why a known priority still isn't getting done: ability, capacity, or agency. Same three letters, three completely different problems, three completely different fixes.

 

In this episode:

• Why "I know my priorities but can't get to them" usually isn't a discipline problem
• Ability: the skill to prioritize, and what happens when nobody ever taught you (a scientist promoted into her first management role)
• Capacity: the space to prioritize, and why the skill being there doesn't mean the room is (running solo ops for a ten-person company)
• Agency: the permission to prioritize, and what it looks like when someone else is deciding your week (a broken foot, six weeks in a boot)
• The three questions to ask yourself to find out which one's actually got you stuck

 

Mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 118: Stop Calendar Decorating and Prioritize First with the Altitude Method https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/118-stop-calendar-decorating-prioritize-first-with/id1569968080?i=1000746834918
• Blog: Stop Calendar Decorating and Prioritize First with the Altitude Method https://www.helloraderco.com/altitude-method-for-prioritization/
• The Right Things First: A Pocket Guide to Relentless Prioritization www.helloraderco.com/therightthingsfirst

 

 

On the Health-Powered Productivity Podcast, Marcey Rader, Certified Speaking Professional®, TEDx speaker, and five-time author, gives you practical tools for relentless prioritization, focus and attention management, meeting effectiveness, communication guardrails, and sustainable performance habits you'll actually keep. Each episode is short, specific, and ready to use with your team. From RaderCo, a high-performance speaking and consulting company. Proud to be named a Top 50 Productivity Podcast on Feedspot. Subscribe and share this episode with a teammate.

 

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