The short answer: Three priorities before the phone is Day 10's documented don't-miss prompt: the day's three priorities are written before the phone gets its first vote — before anyone else gets a say in the day.
What it is
Three written priorities, from the week's three, chosen before the first scroll, message, or headline of the day.
Why before the phone
The phone is the world's claim on your first hour: messages, news, other people's urgencies. Priorities written first means the day negotiates against your list. Priorities written after means your list negotiates against the day.
How Frank runs it
Walk, scorecard, three priorities — the documented Week 2 first-hour sequence, before anyone else gets a say. The three come from the week's priorities, which come from the 90-day outcome: the layers hold because the morning respects them.
How it scores
Priorities written before the phone: yes or no. The priorities themselves get graded at night; the writing gets graded at breakfast.
Keep going
- How to set three weekly priorities — where the daily three come from
- I'm too busy — the excuse this standard answers
- Primary outcome — the top of the layer stack