MIT Method (Most Important Tasks)
Identify your three Most Important Tasks each day and complete them before anything else. If you only finish these three things, your day was productive.
checklistHow to Do It
- 1Each morning, identify your 3 most important tasks
- 2Write them down where you can see them
- 3Work on MIT #1 first with full focus
- 4Move to MIT #2 and #3 in order
- 5Only do other tasks after all 3 MITs are done
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- checkPeople overwhelmed by long to-do lists
- checkEntrepreneurs with competing priorities
- checkAnyone who wants a simple productivity system
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