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Track active commitments like a financial budget with

Track active commitments like a financial budget with explicit capacity limits and regular review cycles.

Why This Is a Principle

Derives from Open-Loop Cognitive Cost (Zeigarnik) (unresolved cognitive commitments consume working memory), Directed Attention as Depletable Resource (executive function draws from finite resource), and Working Memory Capacity Limit (working memory holds 3-5 items). This prescribes treating commitment capacity as a limited resource requiring explicit management, just like financial budgets. Highly actionable and general.

Source Lessons

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The commitment budget

You have a limited capacity for active commitments — track them like a budget.

Connections

Derived From (3)

AxiomWorking Memory Capacity Limit AxiomOpen-Loop Cognitive Cost (Zeigarnik)AxiomDirected Attention as Depletable Resource

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