They are right, but I think the message may be coming from the wrong person here. To be fair I don't know this person's history nor care to look at the moment.

They are right, but I think the message may be coming from the wrong person here. To be fair I don't know this person's history nor care to look at the moment. A VC prioritizes writing checks and supporting their picks as some sort of coaching role. If this article came from a founder on their experiences with prioritization, I think it would feel more genuine and insightful of what you might be able to take away from it. I work as a big tech PM and prioritization is my job. I've explored hundreds of ways to do it. Found some good ones, found some bad ones. What I can say is that experience is the only way you become accustomed to the characteristics the author is mentioning with regards to people who are good at prioritization. The most effective tool I've found? The 80/20 rule or known as Pareto's Principle. That has applied to every single project, program, and initiative I've been apart of to large degrees of success. It's the most flexible and can apply everywhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle Another interesting one depending where you work is the 1% rule. This helps you demonstrate whether certain things benefit everyone, or just a small but loud few. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule