Most important tasks - MITs

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My action lists are rather long. Sometimes I think of applying MITs concept. But my actions are mostly calls and they are not too long. I was reading that MITs should be put first and take around 1 hour. In my case my MITs would takre just 5 minutes all in all :) Do you think I got it right?
 
I'm not sure about MITs, but I like to avoid long action lists. The shorter the list, the faster I can scan it and then choose which action to do based on time and energy needed (and available), and other factors. I manage the list size by removing actions I'm not currently committed to. They go to Someday/Maybe, which gets reviewed on a weekly basis.
 
You mean Most Important Tasks as per Zen to Done? I do not use those, not formally, but I do "behave" similarly without giving it much thought. I use an app with a starring/focusing feature, and, yes, I do star some tasks every morning, and yes, some of those are important or urgent etc. They all relate to my goals.

I don't think you have a problem. Yo do not need to follow any of this to the letter. If you pick (or "star") three quick phone calls, there is no problem. You could also pick more straight away (and un-mark them if you have a drastic change of energy etc), or pick more later in in the day when you know what energy etc you have right then.
 
I have been experimenting with MIT - I wrote a blog article on it on my site actually about Brian Tracy's book "Eat the Frog" which is basically the same principle.

For the experiment I've created a tag called "Eat the Frog" - At night, when I reflect on my day I will assign that tag to one task and then filter down to it the next morning. So far I'm not nearly 100% in doing it, but I do find it helps. Not really traditionally GTD at all...(don't kick me out the club!! :D€‹ ) but may be useful for some!
 
If you just called a prospect and had a good convo, what are you doing with that?
Putting it on the @calls list again?

If so, maybe you could categorize your calls by status? Like @cold, @talked alread(check notes), @interested... etc

Are you sending out materials after a call?

Maybe you should just schedule a block of time in the morning: "Reach daily quota of outbound-calls" ?

A MIT per GTD is clearly a scheduled/calendared/tickled NA. If you say: this NA is a MIT for today, you say essentially: this has to be done today.

Why? Because it is the best course of action towards success. But is it? Would the concept of MITs really solve any problem?

If you want to make sure to call a specific prospect round about next week again, tickle a note stating such.
 
Cpu_Modern said:
Maybe you should just schedule a block of time in the morning: "Reach daily quota of outbound-calls" ?
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That's probably the neatest solution. And you probably already have an external Excel sheet or CRM system for all the details - no need to copy all that onto your GTD lists.

But you need not necessarily schedule it. It may perhaps be better to to keep it as a "starred Next" and do it at any convenient time during the day - or even the week. Also, you may perhaps find that you get more done over time without a quota (but individual psychology is indeed very individual).
 
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