Fix your weakest link
Also called Improve your worst piece.
When there is nothing urgent, improve the part of your position that is doing least.
In chess this is often a piece with no good square, such as a bishop blocked by its own pawns. Find it a better square before starting anything new.
Why it matters
When the parts depend on each other, as the pieces in a position or the steps in a production line do, the weakest one sets the limit. Where one great result is enough, invest in your strongest instead.
Away from the game
When a project has no crisis, spend the time on the slowest step or the least-supported person.
New to chess? The examples here use it. Play your first moves (five minutes), then learn chess from the beginning, one short lesson at a time.
Try it yourself
Nothing is urgent. Which White piece is doing least?
2 questions, a minute or two. Nothing to finish first.
Want more? Practise Plan long-term.
Learn and practise it
- Lesson: Fix your weakest link
- Skill: Plan long-term