FROM THE LONG-LIST TO THE SHORT-LIST

   

   ·       THE BEST SHORT-LIST COMES FROM A LONG LONG-LIST!

   ·       MONITOR AND SCAN INTERESTING DOSSIERS (DAYDREAMS & NIGHTMARES)

   ·       APPLY NEGATIVE SELECTION

   

   IF DOSSIER IS ASSESSED AS:                          THEN BEST TO DO IS:

   1. ‘NOT SO RELEVANT’                                    OUTSOURCE TO ‘FRIENDS’

   2. DAMAGING YOUR HOMEFRONT             HANDS-OFF

   3. POOR ‘COST/BENEFIT’-RATIO                 LEAVE IT

   4. HARDLY URGENT NOW                              OUTSOURCE IT TEMPORARILY

   5. GOOD NON-PA ALTERNATIVE                  USE IT

   6. ‘WINDS BEHIND’                                            TAKE FREE RIDE

   7. HEADWIND-SITUATION                              COMPENSATE YOUR LOSS

   8. ‘NOT A PINT TO CHOOSE’                          LEAVE IT

   9. …

   

   ·       BEST SHORT-LIST = HANDFULL OF DOSSIERS

·       REMAIN ALERT ON REMAINDER (AT LEAST FOR NUISANCE VALUE)

   ·       REPEAT EXERCISE REGULARLY: PA DESK RESEARCH