Funny story about priorities. My boss once gave me two top priorities. I told her, "there can be only one". She resisted a bit, but luckily these two projects l

Funny story about priorities. My boss once gave me two top priorities. I told her, "there can be only one". She resisted a bit, but luckily these two projects literally required sacks of cement to be brought from hundreds of kilometers away by truck (context: humanitarian aid). I said, "if only enough cement arrives for one of them on the next truck, which one gets it?" It was at that moment she understood why there can be only one top priority. She was a good boss, and learned a lot from working with a hard-headed engineer.