The Task Significance Reframe
Help each person see who benefits when they do the work well.
The concept
Task significance
People are dramatically more motivated when they can see the human beneficiary of their work. Grant's research with hospital fundraisers and lifeguards showed that brief contact with end-users multiplies effort.
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How people ran this
Used this before a portfolio review. Sat with the dread for 8 minutes, then opened Figma and just shipped the worst version. Got the best feedback of my year.
Maya, product designer
Ran it during a planning week when I kept rewriting the same doc. Three rough versions in 15 minutes — my staff eng picked the one I least liked.
Jordan, eng manager
I'm a chronic deleter. The 'name the feeling' step was the unlock. It was almost always shame, not perfectionism.
Anon
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