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Cat Wt Weight Company X Company Y Company Z Own business

Time 25 1.35 1.61 1.23 1.46
Commute 12 8 96 8 96 7 84 10 120
Hours 13 3 39 5 65 3 39 2 26
Work 25 1.66 1.76 0.98 1.49
Team 4 6 24 6 24 5 20 2 8
Fun 16 7 112 7 112 3 48 6 96
Boss 5 6 30 8 40 6 30 9 45
Compensation 16 1.22 1.22 1.24 0.58
Salary & Beni's 12 7 84 7 84 9 108 4 48
Stock potential 2 9 18 9 18 7 14 4 8
Risk 2 10 20 10 20 1 2 1 2
Meaning 34 1.46 1.36 2.18 2.18
Management and growth 4 4 16 4 16 7 28 7 28
Place (where you live) 20 4 80 4 80 6 120 6 120
Movement towards something meaningful 0 4 0 4 0 5 0 5 0
End product 10 5 50 4 40 7 70 7 70
Total 100 5.69 5.95 5.63 5.71

Instructions:
Add factors (like commute, etc.)
Make sure you copy formulas if you add rows…
Change weights so that they add to 100 (see below cat weight column)
This forces you to understand how important these elements are to you relative to each other
I've shown my weights and scores for fictitious job options
Fill out green areas with scores from 1-10
Note for negatives, reverse your thinking (so a high score on a negative like Risk means it's NOT risky)
Use cat wt subtotals to help guide your weighting
Note that as you do, the weighted averages are shown as subtotals and absolute totals along the bottom.
Resulting scores are shown at the bottom of each option

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