Start With An Easy One
- Begin with the easiest possible item on your list. Get it done quickly and knock out a bunch of easy tasks in a row to start building up momentum.
- If you want to commit to the idea, arrange your tasks in order from hardest to easiest.
- Take as long as you want on each task.
- The radical thing we do by monotasking is take two important tasks, and choose only one of them.
- The world won't end if you leave task #2 for a few hours.
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