# The first rule of prioritization: No snacking - Colin Boylan Synced: [[2023_11_30]] 6:03 AM Last Highlighted: [[2023_10_26]] Tags: [[Advice]] [[Business]] [[Career Growth]] [[Software]]  ## Highlights [[2023_10_26]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdn34mqskr6s7d32ht0g5fxv) >  > The high-effort, high-impact work reflects the strategy you’re deliberately deploying. Everyone’s favorite quadrant is the low-effort, high-impact stuff. But when you continually pick the low-hanging fruit, the branches will stop growing, so this work dries up quickly as your product and team matures. Most startups are sensible enough to avoid the high-effort, low-impact work, so it’s the last quadrant that’s worth talking about [[2023_10_26]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hdn37kmavvnyys23qnyy3f8v) > If you want to have a high impact team stay away from low impact work. Eat, don’t snack. > [](https://www.intercom.com/customer-support-software)