URL: https://capwatkins.com/blog/the-sliding-scale-of-giving-a-fuck
One of my favorite scales to use in a leadership position. Basically, on a scale from one to ten, "how many fucks do you give about this?" It's a great way to have a relative "standard" to communicate decision making in relation to proximity to the thing at hand, power imbalances, precise communication, and cultivating trust in a relationship.
Interestingly, it turns out that many, many of the decisions I'm a part of day-to-day and week-to-week rate pretty low on the scale. It's rare that I find myself beyond a five, which is probably right. Someone said to me once: if everything is an emergency, then nothing is. Similarly, if I'm a ten-out-of-ten on every single decision I'm ever a part of, how can anyone know or trust me when I say something's very important to me? Having an internal barometer for what's important and what's less critical is incredibly useful for helping others trust your responses to ideas and proposals.
I frequently reference this, so thought to put a link on it. :D