A measurement used to distinguish between items of work that are all deemed by the customer to be the highest priority.
When everything is priority 1, you can calculate the total priority by asking what order those tasks should be done in. The total priority is a representation of this order, for instance 1a, 1b, 1c.
If you find you end up with multiple items with the same total priority, simple repeat the process and append another letter e.g. 1aa, 1ab, 1ac until they get the message.
"Taking into consideration the total priority of those 20 high priority tasks, I think I'll be able to do 3 of them by next week"
Any point in time when a spouse, child, family member or ANYONE ELSE in your physical perimeter becomes subordinate to text, email, tweet or any other virtual bullshit method of communication.
Hey mom, did you hear about the kid that turned COVID positive at school today?
***continues texting***
Yeah, so it turns out that he was at the graduation party last week.
***continues texting***
And so I got tested for the virus.
***continues texting***
I'm positive for COVID-19
WHAT!!!! WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING!? YOU COULD INFECT ALL OF US!!
A priority friend is the kind of friend you would drop all prior plans to hang out with. The best kind of best friend.
Junior: Oh man!!! I waited at the pub for an hour and you didn't show up?? What happened?
Mike: Sorry man! I got "the call" from Chris last night wanting to hang out. I drop all my plans when he calls. Life is just more fun with a friend like him. Chris is my priority friend.
Junior: Oh, that's ok then. I'd do the same if I'd got "the call" from Chris. He's worth it.