The Priority Pyramid is a pictorial representation of your current goals and the different priorities you’ve assigned to them
While I was preparing to write this post, It was brought to my attention that many similar priority pyramids already exists, with similar ideas, but I’m going to present mine anyway. Every single one of these is a riff off on Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Feel free to look it up, but in short it’s a pyramid of need with basic needs at the bottom (air, water, food etc.). These needs must be met before you can move up to the next level in the pyramid. But my pyramid is the exact opposite. To understand what I mean, here’s my personal Priority pyramid. It’ll be easier to understand with an example, so check it out :
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Here, items on the top have the most priority, and it decreases downwards. At the top is KTU and GMAT, which are engineering exams and an entrance exam for post graduation respectively. These two have the most priority in my head right now. Then the second layers has, German, as I want to learn German, so I can consider Germany for my masters and English, because I still feel like I can improve my English pronunciations and speaking skills. Then comes Accountancy and edX courses, which are general skill I want to learn. And then at the bottom are reading and blogging, which are my only leisure activity at the moment.
Having a priority pyramid helps you have clearer goals. If you’re like me and have a lot of thoughts constantly and can’t really find the proper footing. Laying down all the possible things you can do and ordering them in the order you should do, will really help clear the messy, tangled thoughts. It’s such a simple thing and so easy to do, but it has definitely helped me and something I would definitely recommend everyone to try out.
Priorities are not fixed. As time passes, you can edit each layer whenever you feel like, as priorities tend to change. I have drawn mine on the OneNote app on PC, which I use regularly for note-taking, but you can do it anywhere, even on a book if you like. Also, I like to put the date it was drawn at the side, so every time my priorities change I draw a new one. So over time, you can view all your priority pyramids to view how your priorities have changed over the years. Just a fun thing to try out.
Reading your article helped me a lot and I agree with you. But I still have some doubts, can you clarify for me? I’ll keep an eye out for your answers.