Most Important Tasks (MITs)

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What are “Most Important Tasks (MITs)”?

“You’ve got to think about the big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.” — Alvin Toffler, technology researcher and futurist

Key Points:

• A Most Important Task (MIT) is a critical task that will create the most important results for your goals.
• Not everything is equally important. Take some time to identify which tasks are critical at the moment.
• Every day, create a list of two or three MITs, and focus on getting them done as soon as possible. Keep this list separate from your general to-do list.
• Having a short list of MITs helps you maintain a Monoideal state by letting you say no to interruptions that aren’t important. By definition, everything that’s not an MIT is not critically important.
• By achieving your MITs quickly, you’ll have the rest of the day to handle anything else that comes up.

Questions for Consideration:

• What are your most important tasks of the day?
• How can you structure your day to ensure your MITs get done first, before anything else?

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