I wanted to share an amazingly useful idea I got from Johanna Rothman and her book Manage It! (2007). Initiatives have Drivers, Constraints, and Floats. Drivers “drive” the effort. Constraints constrain. And floats are levers that you are free to move.
Love this concept, which, as a friend recently pointed out, somewhat maps to a series we've published on "optimizing" vs. "satisficing."
I also like the embedded reference to "naps" in your article -- we have so much in common! ;-D