MENTAL MODEL · M6713

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CORE DEFINITION

Most Important Tasks: Identify 2-3 most important tasks before starting each day, prioritize completing these tasks, and treat other matters as secondary. Scaffold role: Counteract erosion by trivial matters. By anchoring important tasks in advance, prevent being occupied by urgent but unimportant matters throughout the day, ensuring key matters are executed.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

Counteract erosion by trivial matters. By anchoring important tasks in advance, prevent being occupied by urgent but unimportant matters throughout the day, ensuring key matters are executed.

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Anchor fast decisions

Human attention is a scarce resource and is easily preempted by 'urgent but unimportant' affairs. Anchoring 2-3 most important tasks (MITs) at the start of each day is like setting a track for willpower, ensuring key outputs are completed first, rather than being filled with trivial matters.

MINIMUM ACTION

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Practice this model in one real situation:

The night before or at the start of the day, pick 2-3 most important tasks from the to-do list.
Schedule them during your peak energy hours and handle them first.
Before completing the MITs, try not to handle secondary matters such as emails or messages.
At the end of the day, review: whether the MITs were completed
if not, schedule them for the next day.

Check to track your progress (stored locally)

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